ABSTRACT
The most urgent wishes of the people which the second chamber brings to the attention of the government at this most desperately serious time are as follows:
The government immediately declares that the following provisional emergency laws are no longer recognised in Baden: the Carlsbad Decisions of 20 December 1819, the Frankfurt decisions of… 1832, the decisions of the secret Vienna conference of 1834.
That all citizens of the state, including soldiers, swear an oath of loyalty to the constitution.
That all restrictions on political rights on grounds of religious confession be abolished….
That a law be drafted on ministerial responsibility….
That the government will act very soon to remove remaining feudal burdens….
That measures be taken for a more just distribution of state and communal taxes….
That legal privileges be removed.
That a democratic system of communal administration be introduced.
That the government press urgently upon the Confederal Assembly the establishment of a representative assembly of the German people.
The independence of judges….
That state ministers and envoys of the Grand Duchy at the Confederation only be appointed from men who have the confidence of the people.
Resolution of the Second Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Baden, 2 March 1848.
