Daily national Democrat., 1858-09-16
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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 ofgovern-
meut are derived from the people; that thls prn-
| 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.
3. RESOLVED That while we adhere to the fun
damcntal Democratic principles embraced in the
Cincinnati Platform of ls56, we especially renew
and re-allirm that principle contained in the res
olutioG 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 rati-
fyng or rejecting at the ballot box any Coustitu-
| tion that may be framed for their government; (;
and all attempts by the Administration and Con-
gress to coerce and brbe the people into the adop-
| ton of particular Constitution, not thus ratified
| by them, are subversive 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 a legal election, is in violation OF the prnc
pies of the party which placed them in power,
deTogatOry to the positions they occupy, and
destructive of our form of government
5. RESOLVED, That we regard with detestaton
the passage by Congress- at its last session, Of the
bill known as the English Bill, and look upon
it as an attempt to bribe free people into the in
d0rsemeut of an odious Constitution as calcula-
ted to create sectional feelings, and cause section
al jeaousies 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,
III that it proposes 10 make large donations of
land, and admI 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 a 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-AIontgomery Bill" aud who OPP
posed the English Bill, at the last session fthat
body,
T. RESOLVED, That it is the right of the people
the States to regulate, in their own way, their
political affairs that Federal office holders are
servants Ofthe people, and the constant interter-
euce by those servants with the primary affairs of
party whether by menances of dismissal from Of
flee, by forced levies, or by the distribution of
promises and moneys at the polls and elsewhere,
is incompatible with the spirit of our Coustitu-
tiOns, State and Federal; subversiye of popular
| IDefty, ana calculated 10 ueSuOy 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 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 consumm1tion of this great
work
9. RESOLVED, That we regard with favor the
bill before Congresa, at its past session, known as
tbs "IIomestead Bill" which proposes to donate
to each actual settler upon the public lands of the
United States one hundred and sixty acres, and
earnestly recommend the passage of the same.
TO- RESOLVED, That relying implicitly upou tn,
soundness and integrity of the principles above
set forth, and upon the justice and intelligence
} the masses, we present this platform to the peo
pie of the State, and earnestly invoke the active
support of all in its vindicaton and success, cor
daily inviting to 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.