Demands for a new federal constitution with a tighter relationship between the various cantons and rights for the individual citizens arose from the Radical Party of Switzerland and from liberal groups like the group that called itself la jeune Suisse (Young Switzerland).
Nõudmised uuele föderaalsele põhiseadusele tihedamate sidemetega erinevate kantonite vahel ja õigustega üksikkodanikele kerkisid esile Šveitsi Radikaalsest Parteist ja liberaalsetest gruppidest nagu grupp, mis kutsus end la jeune Suisse (Noor Šveits).