Daily national Democrat., 1858-08-14
RogulorDemOcrNtIc Platform

The Democratic party of the State Of Califor.
MIA, in Convention assembled. make and publish
as their Platform aud Resolutions:
|. RESOLVED, That all just powers of govern
ment are derived from the people, that this prin-
cpe is recognized as fundamental bv all Ameri.
can Constitutions and by the Democratic party.
2. 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 oil other Territories of the United
States.
8. RESOLVED, That while we adhere to the finn.
damental Democratic principles embraced in the
Cincinnati Platform Of 1856 we especially renew
and re-afirm that principle contained in the res
olutioh known as the Popular Sovereignty Res.
luton, declaring the true intent and meaning of
that resolution to be, that the people of n State
or Territory are invested with the right of rati-
flying rejecting at the ballot box any Constitu-
ton that may be framed for their government ::
and all attempts by the Administration and Con-
gress to coerce and bribe the people into the adon
ton of particular Constitution not thus ratified
by them, are subvcrsive 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 princ-
Piles of the party which placed them in power
derogatory to the positions they occupy, and
destructive of our form of government.
s. RESOLVED, That we regard with detestation
the passage by Congress, at its last session. of the
bill known as the English Bill" aad look upon
it as an attempt to bribe free people into the in
dorsemcnt of an odious Constitution; as calcula-
ted to create sectional feelings and cause section
al jealousies as n violation OF the Federal COM
pact n breach of the Compromises of the Consti-
fnftn nd ha oc
IN that it proposes 20 make large donations of
land, and adm Kansas into the Union without
reference t. ner 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.
G. RESOLVED, That we heartily endorse the ac.
ton OF those members of Congress who sustained
the "Crittenden-M Montgomery Bill, aud who OPP
posed the English Bill, at the last session of that
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 interfer-
euce by those servants with the primary affairs of
party whether by menances of dismissal from Of
tce, 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 ana Federal SuDVerSlve 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 Instruction of r ill
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 consummvtion Of this great
work
9. RESOLVED, That we regard with favor the
bill before C0ngresa at its past session, known as
tbs "llomestead Bll,' 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.
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 vndicatlon and success, cor
daily inviting to a 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.