Butte record., 1856-09-20
Democratic Platform.


We publish to-day. the address adopted
by the Democratic State Convention. The
resolutions will appear Tomorrow. Both
the Address and the resolutions were adop-
ted with great unanimity, and will be read
with interest by every Democrat. They set
forth in plain and unmistakaEle language,
the position of the Democracy of California.
Unlike the Know Nothing State Convention,
the Democracy we're not afraid TO decllre
themselves in favor OF the immediate con
struction of an Atlartic and Pacific Rail-
road. The Fillmore party in California
dare not pledge themselves in favor Of this
measure Their National Convention, from
which a majority of the States withdrew
did not do it, They dare not take action as
a party upon this measure, because they are
opposed to it, and it is left for their Speak
ers and stumpers to humbug the people into
the belief that their party favors this great
national work if they can. If, as many OF
their Speakers assert, are really i'll fayor Of
the measure, why do they not say so as a
party: Why do their conventions maintain
a studied silence upon the question as Il
party, and permit their orators to declare
in favor of it, if they do not intend to de-
ceive the people, and make the question
merely one upon which to ride into power,
and then say that its construction was not
made an issue in the Canvass: Should they
succeed in the present contest, they would,
indeed, be enabled to say that the people
had declared against an Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad, because the Democracy, who had
declared in favor Of Railroad, would have
been beaten by party who had said moth
ing about it. this is the position Of the
Fillmore party upon this question, not only
in their national convention, but also in
their State Conventions throughout the n
ion, and should they triumph now they can
make it the hobby of innumerable cam
paigns And this, we verify believe to be
their object, in thus maintaining their 81
lence, as party upon this important and
national question.
The day for making it hobby with which
to carry elections, has passed, and, We trust,
forever. By the action of the Democratic
party in authorizing the necessary surveys
the construction of the road is found to be
practicable The Democratic party Of the
Union, and of the States individually,
stand pledged to its construction. The X.
y Fillmore party are not. Should they
triumph in the present contest, the road,
even should they conclude to favor lis II p
struction, its commencement would be re-
tarded for a term of years sufficient for it.
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The people of California should ponder
we'll these facts before depositng their bal
lots against the Democracy They must re-
member that defeat of the Democracy is
equivalent to declaration against the con
struction of the road They stand pledged
to its construction not only in words, but in
deeds They have caused surveys to be
made in order to determine the most prac-
ticabe route They have appropriated
lands for the construction of railroads else
where in the Union, and they will arpropri-
ate lands for this great National Railroad,
if the people do not declare against it, by
the elevation of the Fillmore party to power
in whose declaration of principles the word
"Railroad'' does not occur.