Daily national Democrat., 1858-09-18
RegulorDemocrntic Platform.

The Democratic party of the State of Califor
MIA. in Convention assembled, make and publish
as their Platform and Resolutions:
l. RESOLVED, That all just powers OF govern
ment are derived from the people; that this prin-
ciple is recognized as fundamental by all Ameri-
can Constitutions and by the Democratic party.
. RESOLVED, That the right of the people to
form and regulate their political institutions in
their own way, subject only to the Constitution
of the United States, as guaranteed to Kansas and
! Nebraska, by their organic law, belongs alike to
the people OF all other Territories Of the United
States.
8. RESOLVED, That while we adhere to the fun
damcntal Democratic principles embraced in the
Cincinnati Platform of 1885, we especially renew
and re-ailirm that principle contained in the res
olution known as the Popular Sovereignty Res
luton, declaring the true intent and meaning of
that resolution to be, that the people of State
or Territory are invested with the right of Tati-
flying or rejecting at the ballot box any Consttu-
| tion that may be framed for their government ;
and all attempts by the Administration and Con-
gress to and bribe the people into the adOp-
tion of particular Constitution, not thus ratified
| by them, are subveTSve of the principles Of pure
Democracy, and 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
of Kansas Constitution which they have reject
ed at legal election is in violation of the priuci-
pies of the party which placed them in power,
| derogatory to the positions they occupy, and
destructive of our form of government.
5. RESOLVED, That we regard with detestation
the passage by Congress- at its last session. of the
bill known as the "Englsh Bill, and look upon
it as an attempt to bribe free people into the in
dorsement of an odious Constitution as calcua-
ted to create sectional feelings and cause section
al iealousies as a violation OF the Federal COM
pact a breach Of the Compromises of the Consti.
tuition, and blow at the equality of the States,
IN that it proposes u make large donations OF
land, and ADM, Kansas into the Union without
reference to her 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 "Crittenden- Montgomery Bill, aud who op-
posed the English Bill, at the last session ofthat
body.
7. RESOLVED, That it is the right of the people
ofthe States to regulate in their own way their
political affairs that Federal office holders are
servants ofthe people, and the constant interlcr-
euce by those servants with the primary affairs OF
| party, whether by menances of dismissal from of.
! lice by forced levieS, or by the distribution OF
promises and moneys at the polls and elsewhere
| is Incompatible with the spirit OF our Coustitu-
| tons State and Federal subversye of popular
liberty, and calculated to destroy the sovereignty
of the States, and centralze power at the Fedora
Capital.
s. RESOLVED, That the immediate action o
Congress in securing the construction of a Rail
road to the Pacific is recognized feature in on
party policy, indispensable to our safety in wa
and prosperity in peace, and we call upon tn
Administration to redeem its pledges and devot
its energies to the cOnsummBtion Of this grea
work
o. RESOLVED, That we regard with favor tn
bill before Congresa, at its past session, known a
tbs Homestead Bill" which proposes to donat
to each actual settler upon the public lands of th
United States one hundred and sixty acres, ant
earnestly recommend the passage of the same.
10. RESOLVED, That relying implicitly upon th
soundness and integrity of the principles abov
set forth, and upon the justice and intelligence o
the masses, we present this platform to the peo
pie of the State, and earnestly invoke the acuv
support Of all in its vindicatlon and success, cor
daily inviting to a full and equal communion al
those of whatever creed who recognize the justice
of our cause in the doctrines we profess, and whC
desire to participate in their triumph.