Daily national Democrat., 1858-09-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Platform,

The Democratic party of the State Of Caiior
mia, in Convention assembled, make and pub llsh
as their Platform and Resolutions:
|. RESOLVED, That all just powers otgoyern
mcnt are derived from the people; that tins prin-
cpcis recognized rs fundamental by all Amerl-
can Constitutions and by the Democratic party
9 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
damental Democratic principles embraced in the
Cincinnati Platform Of 1856, we especially renew
and re-allirm that principle contained in the res
outioG known rs the Popular Sovereignty Res
luton" declaring the true intent and meaning OF
| that resolution to be, that the people of a State
or Territory are invested with the right of rati-
fyng or rejecting at the ballot box any Constitu-
! tiou 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
10y them, are subvCrsiye 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 alta legal election is in violation of the prnci
! PIES Vi Tue party WHICH pIdCeu lleul III pONcIi
| derogatOry to the positions they occupy, and
destructive of our form of government
! 5. RESOLVED, That we regard with detestoton
the passage bv Congress- Mt its last session. of the
bill known as the English Bill, ," aud look upon
it us an attempt to bribe free people into the in
dorsement of an odious Constitution as calcula.
ted to create sectional feelings, and cause section
al jealouses as a violation OF the Federal CON-
pact; breach of the Compromises of the Consti-
tuition, and blow at the equality of the States,
IN that it proposes 70 make large donations oi
land, and admit Kansas into the Union without
reference to Eer population, if she adopts the lIe
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 Iecompton Constitution.
! 6. RESOLVED, That we heartily endorse the ac
ton of those members of Congress who sustained
the Crttenden-Montgomery Bill" aud who OPP
posed the English Bill, at the last session of that
body.
Z. RESOLVED, That it is the right of the people
ofthc 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 menanccs 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 subversve of popular
liberty, and calculated to destroy the sovereignty
of the States, and centraize 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 consummytion Of this great
| work
.. RESOLVED, That we regard with favor the
bill before Congresa, at its past session, known
tbs "lIomestead 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
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 vindicaton 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.