Daily national Democrat., 1858-10-14
Re,nlnrpemoeratIc PIatform.

The Democratic party of the State of Calilor
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 thls lr'n-
/ ciple is recognized as fund mental bY an Amerl-
can Constitutions aud by the Democratic party.
@ RESOLVED That the right Of the people to
/ form and regulate their political institutions IN
their own wav, subject only to the Constitution
Of the United States, as guaranteed 10 hanSls ana
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 $50, we especially renew
and re-alrm that principle contained in the res
olutior 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-
flying or rejecting at the ballot box any Cunsttu-
ton that may be framed for their government /;
and all attempts by the Administration and Con-
gress to cocrce and bribe the people into the ad'p
ton of a particular Constitution, not thus ratified
by 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 at legal election, is in violation OF the prlnc
pies of the party which placed them in power
dcrogatory to the positions they occupy, and
destructive of our form of government.
:. RESOLVED That we regard with detestat0n
the passage by Congress, at its last session, oithe
bill known as the "English Bill" aad look upon
it as an attempt to bribe free people into the IN
dnrsement OF an Odiuus Constitution; as cllcula-
ted to create sectional feelings, and cause section
al iealOusies as a violation OF the Federal co n
pact a breach Of the Compromises of the C0nsti-
tuition, aud n blow a tie equality of the States,
IN that it propose 10 make large donations Of
land, and nd NJ Kansas into the Union without
reference t. ser population, if she adopts the Le-
compton Constitution, which eStablis! eS slavery,
while it refuses her pe0ble admission until they
obtain population of ninety or one hnndredand
twenty thousand if they prefer any other thln
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 OPP
posed the English Bill at the last session ofthat
body.
:. RESOLVED, That it is the right of the people
ofthe States 10 regulate, in their own way, their
political affairs that Federal Office holders are
servants ofthc people, and the constant interior
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
tiouS State and Federal subversiye of popular
liberty, and calculated to destroy the sovereignty
Of the States, and centraze 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 cuusummBtion Of this great
work
Q. RESOLVED That we regard with favor the
bill before Cungresa, at its past session, known as
this "llomestead Bill" which proposes to donate
to each actual settler upon the public lands Of the
United States one hundred and sixty acres, and
recommend the passage of the same.
10. RESOLVED, That relying implicitly upon the
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 aud earnestly invoke the active
support of all in its vindcahon and success cor
ially inviting to a full and equal communion all
hose Of whatever creed who recognize the justice
If our cause in the doctrines we profess, and who
lesre to participate in their triumph