Daily national Democrat., 1858-08-18
n.r.,.rDemocrn,Ic Plotfsrm.

Tha Dem, crutic party of the State uf Califor
MIA in Convention assembled. make and publish
a. iheir Platform and Resolutions
/ RESOLVED That all just powers OF govern e
mett IRE derived from the pedple that this rim
c,ple is recognized a. Fundamental by all Ameri-
can Constitutions and by the democratic party.
Q RESOLVED, That the right Of the people ~
firm aud regulate their political institutions III
their own way subject only u the Constitution
If the United States, guaranteed tn Kansas and
Nebraska, by their 0rRatIic law, belongs alike to
the people Of all other Territories OF tue United
States.
dnmental Democratic principles embraced in the
Cincinnnti Platform Of 1855, we es ecally renew
and r,-afirm that principle contained in the res
,lutior known as the Popular Sovereignty Res
luton, declaring the trne intent and meaning Of
that resolution tn be- that the people If Il State
.,r Territory are invested with the right Of Tati-
fyiug or r, .cting at the ballot box any Consttu-
tion that may lie framed for their government
md all attempts by the Administration and COD-
rresS to coerce and brlbe the people into the ad p
inn of a particular Constitution, not thus ratified
hy them, are subvCrsive Of the principles of pure
Dcmocracv, 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
ut Kansas Constitution which they have reject
ed at legal election is in violation Of the prnci-
ples of the party which placed them in power.
derugatory u the positions they occupy, aud
destructive cf our form ofRnvernment.
S. RESOLVED. That we regard with detestation
the passage BY Congress. at its last session. Of the
bill known as the English Bill, u ID look upon
t MS an attempt u bribe free people into the ln-
| d,rsement Of AN odiUus Constitution; as calcua-
ted to create sectional feelings and cause section
al iculousies; rs violation nt Federal con-.
pact a breath uf the Z Tn9r ,mlses uf the COnsti'
! tuition, and blow At ,Ge quality OF the States,
| 1t That il propose - make Large donations Oi
| land, and ad II Kansas into the UniUn without
reference tr population, IT she adopts the Lee
compton Constitution, which establishes slavery,
while it refuses her peObe admission until they
1btan population uf ninety or one hundred and
twenty thousand If they prefer any other than
the Lecumpton Constitution.
6. RESOLVED, That we heartily endorse the &C
ton ol those members of Congress who sustained
the "Crittenden-Aiontgnmery Bill, aud who OPP
posed the English Blll, at the last session Of thai
| Oody.
7. RESOLVED. That it is the right of the people
1f the States 10 regul ,te in their way, then
political affairs that Federal office holders art
servants Of the people, and the CONSTANT interier
euce by lhuse servants with the primary affairs u
| party, whether by menauces Of dismissal frum of
nee, by fO ced levIes, or by the distribution d
promises and nioneys at the polls and elsewhere
- luCDllpatlD WIN lHc Spllit VI ouE OOuNbitu
tionS, State and Federal subversve of popular
liberty, and calculated 10 destroy the sovereignty
Of the States, and centralIzs power at the Federal
Capital
s. RESOLVED, That the immediate action OF
Congress in securing the .ruction Of Rail
ruad 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 aud devote
Is energies to the cOnsummston Of this great
work
g. RESOLVED, That we regard with favor tht
bull before Cungresa, at its pnst sesSlun, known n
tbs Homestead Bill" which proposes tn donate
~ each actual settler upJn the pubic lands of th,
United States one hundred and sixty acres, anC
earnestly recommend the passage Of the same.
10. RESOLVED, That relying implicitly upuu the
sounduess aud integrity of the principles above
set forth, aud upon the justice and intelligence d
the masseS, we present this platform to the peO
pie of the State, and earnestly invoke the active
support Of all in its vindicatlUn aud success cor
dially inviting to u full and equal communion al
those If whatever creed who recognize the justice
ni our cause IN the doctrines We pr,tess, and whu
desire to participate in their triumph.