The Placer herald., 1856-09-27
The following address and resolution,

To the People Of the State of California
Your Convention is closing its labors No..
graduate the democracy Of the State of Ca, (s
fornia on its present position and its futura
prospects.
At our late National convention. be)d =.
Cincinnatt platform was adopted renlets
with sound sense, distinctly defining ths
course of that great political party to wh;"S i"I
we belong. and clearly annunciatinp ,h,.
foreign and domestic policy which i h.s
ever been the great aim of the democro,:s'
party to uphold and maintain, and to wh;"I.
we invite cordial and unanimous Assam,
At that convention were nominated resnoo
lively, as candidates for the President ana
Vice of the United States, James Bucbanon
of Pennsylvania, and John c. Breckenridno'
of Kentucky, the former statesman wbo
has grown gray in the service of his countrv
we'll acquainted with the policy of foreigyu
powers-perfectly conversant with the ma.
,hinery Of European cabinets and to who's.
experienced hands we may safely trust ,be
destinies of the Republic in its various and
complicated relations with the other powars
of the globe. The latter, John G. BrsrLor
ridge though Younger lahorer in the pot.
zeal field, man of unquestionable abIitv
well calculated to assist in the administration
Of the government, and both possessing
private character and public reputation
which may safely challenge the investigation
of a world
At n time like the present when fanaticisn
and intolerance are rearing their HYDRA head,
in various sections of the Union, we calmly
and confidently invite attention to the dor.
trneS Of the democratic party as expressed
in the Cincinnati platform, believing as We
do that these doctrines are fully calculated
to sustain the integrity of our national
Union in the time Of difficulty and danger.
Guaranteeing to every State It's respectiye
privileges, they trample on the rights Of none:
they broach no new and dangerous political
heresies calculated to subvert the original ar.
ticles Of confederacy, and endanger the safe
ty of the Union; they strive by no mercenary
appeals, to array one section Of the country
il hostile array against another, but in the
true spirit Of the original compact, declare
the perfect integrity of the Union in its ful.
lest and most ample sense. We seek not
to prescribe to any man the mode in which
he shall worship his Creator nor will We
drive by intolerance from our shores, the
| oppressed Of any cline or nation. We wei.
come as an addition to national wealth and
strength, the honest industry of other lands.
guaranteeing to those who NAV choose 10
become willing and worthy citizens Of the
Republic equal rights, equal privileges and
exact justice TO al.'
| In conclusion we congratulate the gallant
democracy of California on the perfect IN.
animiry which has pervaded our councils
Difficult and delicate questions of action and
domestic policy have been0met and argued
in the happiest spirit Of compromising
unanimitv. "Bear and torebear." has been
our motto, and we now present in favor Of
our national and State nominees an unbro.
ken array, an undivided front-an impene.
trablc rhalanx against which our foes may
spend their shafts in vain. In the full con-
| tidence t at those time honored principle,
for which we have 50 long contended, are
again about to assert their proud supremacy
over the tacional ''isms' of the day, we bid
you a kind farewell, until on the Ides Of No.
tember we shall meet again once more TO
celebrate a democratic triumph in this e
Dorado of the Western world.
ResolScd, That the Democracy Of the
State Of California unanimously endorse and
cordially approve the platform Of the demo.
| cratic party, as adopted in the Cincinnati
Convention.
RcSol0ed, That the democracy the State
Of California decidedly and unequivocaIIy.
advocate and approve the construction OF
the Pacific Railroad as a measure OF the
greatest importance not only to the State OF
California, but to the Union at large and
hereby urge upon the Federal Government,
and our national representatives of the State
at Washington, the necessity of using their
most united exertions and utmost endeavors
TO secure the construction of this truly I'M
portant work.
Resolred, That the liberal and enlightened
policy of our democratic government ID
opening to the hardy pioneer the broad he'
Of our public lands, as an invitation to MS
industry and enterprise, has already secured
the affection of our early settlers, and tnaV
we regard an extension of that policy so lal
as to secure homestead to every honest Se''
tier, free OF charge, against the v1clssltuoe'
of fortune as the wisest most just and reaS
enable course which the General Government
can pursue; and we earnestly recommend IL
to the serious attention Of our Represents
tives at Washington.
Resolved, That the democracy of the o'a'e
of California are in favor of guaranteeing 10
every State and Territory the rights ana pr.
vileges secured to them by the constltu''oN
and laws Of the eountry=-that for them 'ne's
is neither north. south, east, or west a;M
that duly regarding the Importance Oh 'p9
whole as IA Union, they, as unit OF the op"
federacy, will jealousfv guarantee the r'g"''
Of eac individual State.
Resolved, That we recommend the i'mos'
economy in the appropriation and d,sou'SI, IL
ment of all public moneys, that we h''u o.
public Officers strictly ac ountable for the au'
minstration Of the public funds, that We "r lo
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