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The Mainz Petition
Since we have established that George Wenzel was born in Mainz and
likely part of the 1848 German Revolution, the Mainz Petition is of
great interest. Drafted June 11-14, 1848, the document was signed
by the mayor, local officials, and undersigned citizens of the town of
Mainz. The entire document is available (in English) somewhere,
just not on the web at present. Although the story is that George
Wenzel was a Bürgermeister, and we know he was described as being born
in Mainz, he was not likely the Bürgermeister of Mainz. Viewing
the signers of the Mainz Petition may provide information helpful to
Wenzel research. The demands stated in the document are listed below:
The mayor, local officials and undersigned citizens of the town of
Mainz, hereby declare, in the following address to parliament, signed by
a large number of the citizens of Mainz, their attachment to the
following imperative demands:
1. Unconditionally free press.
2. Retention of our existing Rhenish legislation.
3. Withdrawal of the penal code which has already been published.
4. The greatest possible reduction in the standing army.
5. The immediate swearing of an oath of loyalty by the military to the
constitution.
6. General arming of the people with free election of officers.
7. Full equality of all religious confessions.
8. An appropriate revision of the constitution and the local government
ordinance.
9. A free system of local administration without the patronizing
constraints imposed by government officials.
10. Free discussion of public interests in general meetings and an
unqualified right to bring forward popular wishes by means of petitions
to their representatives.
11. A general German parliament.
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