Daily national Democrat., 1858-09-01
nerulnrDemooro,icP Platform.

The Den, crat c party Of the State Of Calitor
MIA IN Convention assembled make aud publish
As then Platform aud Resolutions:
/. RESOLVED. That all just powers of govern .
uient are derived from the people; that ms r'n-
ciple is recognized aS fund mental bN AL Amerl-
can Constitutions and by the Denl"cratc party
9 RESOLVED That the right ni the people To
form and regulate their political Institutions III
,heir own way, subject only to the Constitution
4 the United States, as guaranteed to Kansas and
nebraska, by their oiEnmc law' oelo"gs alKe 10
The people uf all other Ierfitorles "t The United
States.
2 REsoIvEp. That while we adhere tu the fun
1umental Dem crate principles embraced in the
Cincinnati Plalf rm of 1850, We rs rcially renew
md rc-afirm that principle contained IN the res
luton known aS the Popular Sovereignty Res
uiinn," dc clurng the true intent and meaning of
that resolution IT, be, that the people If State
n Territory are invested with the right Of rat
tying ur +, jccting at the ballot box any COnsttu-
Iion that may lie framed tor their government
nd all attempts by the Administration and Con-
gresS to coeree and brbe the people intu the ad p
ZION of particular Cunstitu ion, not thus ratified
uv them, are subvrIsive Of the principles Of pure
Uculucucv, and destructive of the equality Of the
states der the Constitution.
4. RESOLVED, That the recent attempts of the
Executive aud Congress 10 force upon the people
ni X tmsus IL Constitution which they have reject
ID at legal election, is in violation uf the prnci'
pies Of the party which pliced them in power,
| lerngatnry ~ the positions they occupy, and
destructive If "ur form of government
| 5. RESOLVED That we regii d with dctestati0n
he passage bl Congress, at ITS last session. uf the
| bill known as the English Bill, II d look upon
/ as an attempt To- brlbe free people ntu the Ii-
! lrrsement uf an OduuS Constitution as calcul -
ted Ia create sectional feelings, and cause sectnn'
/ Il iraluuSes AS II violation ut Federal com.
/ pact; bre. uf the G Lpr muses. "f the Uonst'
! tutiIn, aud blow u, ,ss quality of the States
! l that it propose - make urge dOuatiOns u
| land, and ad H. K Insas INTO the Union without
reference population, If she adopts the l.
compton onstitutluu, which establishes slavery
h,le it refuses her peobe admission until the,
btaln "A population of ninety or one hundred and
twenty Thousand II they prefer any other tn hh
the Lecumptun Constitutions.
| s. RESOLVED, That We heartily endorse the ac
/ lion ui those members of Cuugress who sustained
the "Crittenden- Montgomery Bill" aud who ulr
osed the English Bill, ut the last session of thai
| Judy.
Z. RESOLVED. That it is the right of the peopl,
# the States 10 reguI tie. IN their own way, ihen
political affairs that Federal office holders are
-ervauts ut the pcuple and the instant lHterter.
cuce by ,huSe servants with the primary aft airs ui
party, whether by menanccs of dismissal from Of
ice, by ICED levles, ur by the distribution Ui
.,rumlSes AID moneys at the polls aud elsewhere,
| Incompatible wuh the spirit Of our Cuu>ttu
uons, State aud Fed, raj; subversive of popular
liberty, aud Calculated 10 destroy the sovereignty
It the States, and centrdlze power at the Fedora
Capital.
g. RESOLVED, That the immediate action q
congress IN securing the Construction uf X il
tad tu the Pac,llc Is IA recognized feature IN uu
party IlIcv, Indispensable 10 our safety III WA
tud prosperity III peace, aud We call upon tn
Administration To redeem It's pledges aud devut
Is energies ~ the cJnsummgtlun of this greL
work
g. RESOLVED. That we regard with favor tn
Dlll before Cuugresa, at It's past Session, known II
lbs Homestead BIZ, which proposes Ia donat
% each actual settler upon the pub &c lauds of th
Uultcd States one hundred aud sixty acres, al,
earnestly recommend the p ssAge of the same.
H. RESOLVED, That r, lying implicitly upon th
,ounduess aud Integrity of The principles abuv
vet forth, aud uppn the just ce and intelligence [
HE MASSES, We prcsent thS platform to the pee
pie OF the State, aud earnestly invoke the actIy
support Of all III is vludlcatun and SUCCESS, Col
udly inviting to It full aud equ al communion a
hose # whItever creed who l,c gnIze the justc
/ uur cause IN the doctrines We profess, and VII
desire to participate III their triumph.