Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-09
1ailp ylationaI 1rmotrat.
Regular Democratic Platform.


The Dem 'cratic party of the Stltc Of Cainr
nia Contention assembled, make and publish
as their Platform and Resolutions:
l. REsoLysD Tint all just powers Of govern
ment are derived from the peope; that this prn-
clpie Is recognized as Fundamental! by aI Ameri-
eau Constitutions aud by the Democratic party.
?. RESOLVED, That the right Of the people 10
iorm and regulate their pouncd institutions IN
their own way. subject only t1 the Constitution
OF the United States, as guaranteed 70 hans IS and
Nebraska, by their organic law, belongs alike to
the people OF all other Territories OF tine United
States.
g. Resolved, That while we adhere to the fun
dlmental Democratic principles embraced tn the
Cincinnati Platform Of lSai, we especially renew
and re-ailrm that principle contained in the res
0lutiOh known As tho popular Sovereignty Res
luton, declaring the true iutout and meaning of
that resolution to be, taat the people of a State
or Territory are invested with the right of rati-
flying or rejecting at the ballot box any Consttu-
ton that may be framed for their government :
aud all attempts by the Administration and Con-
gress to coerce and brbe the people into the uaop-
tion OF a particular Constitution not thus ratified
by them, are subycrsive of the principles Of pure
Democracy, aud destructive of the equality OF the
States under the Constitution.
4. RESOLVED. That the recent attempts of the
Executive and Congress to force upon the people
i
ed alta legal election is in violation of the pruci-
pies of the party which placed them IN power,
derogatory To the positions they occupy, and
destructive Of our form of government
8. RESOLVED, Tint we regard with dctestatou
the passage bv Congress- at ITS last session. of the
bill known as the "Eng glish Bin ald look upon
il as an attempt % brba free people into the in
dorsement ofau odious Constitution; as calcua-
ted to create sectional feelings and cause section
aljealouses; as a violation OF re Federal COM
pact; breach of the Compromises of the Cunsti-
tuition, and a blow AT the equality OF the States
IN that 1t proposes 20 make large donations Of
land, and ad a. Kansas into the Union without
reference u ncr population, if she adopts the Le-
compton Constitution, which establishes slavery,
while it refuses her peoble admission until they
obtain population Of ninety or one hundred and
twenty thousand if they prefer any other than
the LecomptOn Constitution.
6. RESOLVED, That we heartily endorse the ac.
ton OF those members Of Congress who sustained
the Observation-Disclosures Bill" aud who op-
posed the English Bill, at tie last session Ufthat
body.
Z. RESOLVED. That It is the right Of the people
ofthe States 10 regulate, in their own way, their
political affairs that Federal Office holders are
servants ofthe people, and the constant iuterler-
euce by those servants with the primary affairs OF
party, whether by menauces of dismissal from Of
flee, by forced levleS, or BY the distribution of
promises and moneys at the polls and elsewhere,
is Incompatible with the spirit of our Coustitu-
tons, State aud Federal; subversive of popular
liberty, and calculated to destroy the sovereignty
Of the States and centralize power at the Federal
Capital.
s. RESOLVED, That the immediate action Of
Congress in securing the construction Of a Rail
road to the Pacific is "A recognized feature in our
party policy indispensable to our safety in war
and prosperity in peace, and we call upon the
Administration TO redeem its pledges and devote
its energies to the cOnsummetion of this great
work
0. RESOLVED That we regard with favor the
bill before Cungresa az its past session, known as
this "Homestead Bill" which proposes to donat,
to each actual settler upon the public lands Of tn,
United States one hundred and sixty acres, and
earnestly recommend the passage of the same
10. RESOLVED, That relying implicitly upon the
soundness and integrity OF the principles above
set forth, and upon the justice and Intelligence OF
the masses, we present this platform to the peo-
pie of the State, and earnestly invoke the active
support of all in its yindiclhon and success, cor
daily inviting to full and equal communion all
those of whatever creed who recognize the justice
of our cause in the doctrines we profess and who
desire to participate in their triumph.