Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-09
NUMBER IA.
Astounding Doctrines.

| Astounding Doctrines.
| The Richmond Whig brings to light aeircum-
stance occurring in that city that is well calculated
| TO arouse the American people to the dangers that
| beset the country from the immense influx OF for
eign immigration The evil Is at our very doors,
and Is threatening to uproot our most cherished
institutions II is time the people were up and
dong, and putting down those who would sap the
| very foundations Of all law and order.
The Wing copies resolutions passed by the Ger
man Social Democratic Association Of Richmond.
and comments on them as follows
!" kEFoRM IN THE LAWS OF THE GEsrRAr Gov.
| ERNAENT, As WELL IN THOSE OF THE SrArHs.-We
demand J. Universal suffrage. O. The election
| OF all officers by the people, g. The abolition ~
| the Presidency. 4. The abolition Of Senetes 81
that the Legislatures shall consist of only ono
branch. 8. The right Of the people to cali their
Representatives cashier them) at their pleasure
9. The right ofthe people to change the constitu.
ton when they like. 7. All lawsuits to be conduct
ed without expense. 8. A department Of the roy
ernment 70 90 set up for the purpose Of protecting
immigration. 0. A reduced term for acquiring
citizenship.n @ 80
hEf0RM IN THE FOREIGN RELATIONS or THE Gov
EMINENT" Abolition Of all Neutrality, Q. In
terventon In favor of every people struggling for
liberty"
hEFoRM IN WHAT RELATES TO RELIGIONS. Al
more perfect development Of the principles Of per
sonal freedom and liberty Of conscience conse-
quenty q Abolition OF laws for the observance of
the Sabbath; b. Abolition Of prayers in Congress-
@. Abolition Of oath upon the Bible d. Repeal Of
all laws enacting religious test before taking an
office. 2. Taxation of Church property. 8
prohibition OF interpretations of all church BRO
perty in the names Of ecclesiastics" ET
REyoRM IN THE SOCIAL CoNDTrroN-a1 Abo.
ltion of land monopoly. 2. Ad volorem taxation
OF property. 8. Amelioration of the condition ~
the working class; a. BY lessening the,t time OF
work TO eight hours for grown persons and to five
hours for children; b. By interpretations .of me.
chancs associations and protective societies g. By
granting preference to mechanics before all
other creditors; d. BY establishing an ASYLUM for
superannuated mechanics without means at the
public expense. e. Education Of poor children by
the State. g. Taking possession of the railroads
by the state o. The promotion of education; a.
By Introduction Of free schools, with the power
OF enforcing the parents to send their children to
school, and prohibition Of all clerical influence: b
BY instructing in the German language O. The
supporting of the slave emancipation exertions of
Cassius M Clay, BY Congressional laws. 8. AboH-
Introduction Of the the human amelioration sys-
tenn. 0. Abolition of capital punishment
Astonished and startled ourselves we ask in all
candor did any man within the limits of Virginia
Of any party, have the slightest idea that such an
association, animated by such sentiments and pur-
poses, existed In the city Of Richmond or any
where else In all tho South ? If he did and has
yet failed to proclaim II to the winds, is not the
smell Of treason upon his garmentsf Treason to
Virginia, to the South, TO the UnionY Treason to
his own birthplace, to his home and his kndrede
Yea, vcrily-and to the deep and mighty ven
gcance Of an outraged and endangered people, we
commit hin,--invoking upon his guilty head the
peltings ofa ptless storm forever
But look-consider the " fundamental principles
Of Reform Of the Social Democratic Society Of Ger
mans In the city Of Richmond No Sabbath, no
swearing upon the Bible, no Christian punishment,
no President, no Senate, no permanent Constitu-
ton, no neutrality. And strange to tell, melaa-
choly TO know, startling to Contemplate the
supporting OF the slave emancipation excrtons of
Cassius NJ. Clay by Congressional laws OH God
Of our country !-0h Lord OF this land ARE
these the sentiments and these the doctrines of
portion of our fclow-citzens here In the metropo-
lis OF our own honored State--in the goodly city
Of Richmonds In the name of high Heaven, do
we indeed live upon the soil and breathe the air of
our own well loved and native VirginiaS
And saddsr still, sadder than all are there those
amongst us Of eur own blood and lineage who hug
to their bosoms the vipers Of our peace, and who
yet decry and denounce their own brethren as
proscriptionsts and traitors because they deem II
unsafe 10 intrust TO such incendiary hands the
guardianship OF our institutonsa and our homesY
Can these things be, and not excite our special
wonderp Are native Virginans to be pursued and
persecuted with all manner Of abuse for acting
from sense Of duty and the impulses of patriot
Ism, and yet sieh men, these fanatical foreigners
IN our midst these dcudy foes TO our country,
these plague spots upon the Virginia character
and yet sneh wretches to 60 not only unrebuked
and unscathed, but TO be petted, and aattered and
complmented, and confded ins Is this the state
Of things, which a wild and unrcasoning devotion
TO party has brought upon Virginia. 1fso Is not
her patriotism gone-gone her pride, her chival-
ny, and her gloryf Aye, is she not, alas crown.
less and nerveless In the dust Z
But we win not despair. Faith and Hope are
with US ever, and animate US still. We believe IN
the vitality, the power, the patriotism, the daunt
less moral andphysical courage Of the Virginia peo
pie. To them we appeal-in them wc conHde--
for them We battle. And with this question we
eonclude-Aro native virginians TO be denounced
and outlawed while German infidcls and abolition
lists are extol1ed and crowned with horror and Of
fcef II s not for us, but for you Preemen OF vir-
oinia A sra.rer tbt. onastfar