Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-07
Qallp 9latlOnaI lcmutrat
Nntionnl Democrntic Plntform.

rhe Demrcritc party of the State of Califor-
MA, in Convention assembled. make and publish
as their Platform and Resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we re-aflirm the principles set
forth in the Cincinnati Platform. aud recognize it
as an authoritative exposition of the Democratic
Greed.
RESOLVED, That the right Of the people of the
Territories 20 form all their domestic institutions
in their own way, IS absolute aud complete, and
that we are naturally opposed to any interference
with such right either by the Legislative or Ex
ecutive departments of the Geuerrl Government
RESOLVED, That the Administration of james
Buchanan, by its outragas upon the rights of the
pa1plc of kinSls, its unreenllng prescription o:
tried aud worthy Dem icrats. for the oHense OF ad-
herring tn Democratic principles, its constant viO
lation of the pledges which brought it into life its
attempt to render the Legislative subject to the
Executive Department aud its gross extravagance,
mism Inagement aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect and lost the conlidcnce OF the American
people.
Resolved. That the immediate construction of
the Pacific Railroad ought to be encouraged by
the Federal and State Governments by all means
in their power and that meanwhile the mail SER
vice by the Overland routes should be sustained
and increased
RESOLVED That our State Judiciary system
needs thorough and complete revision and that
the Constitution should be so changed as to in
crease the number of Judges of the Supreme
Court, and secure speedy, honest and faithful
administration Of Justice
RESOLVED, That in the opinion vt this Conven-
tion, Congress should enact law TO protect actu.
al bona tide settlers upon public lands in their
Just rights.
Resolved, That we, a Convention, repre-
sentpg the true Democracy Of California, adhere,
With unalterng firmness to the principles of De.
morracy. as taught by Thomas Jefferson, and
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
sNn.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad-
iourus, its members adjourn to meet, as citizens
at the polls, inthe Ides ofSeptember and that by
our labor and our voices, show TO the world
that the freemen of California are unbought by
Federal patronage, and are unawed by Federal
power, and will sta by the sacred principles of
Democracy in defiance Of treacherOus Presidents
and their Cabinets.
RESOLVED, That the doctrine of Intervention
by Congress to establish slave code for the Ter
ritores assumed by the Administration adher-
euts is gross departure from the principles Of
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Platform
made at Cincinnati, and we repudate it as the
heresy of "A faction and condemn it as an outrage
upon the great charter of Aaferican Liberty.
"REsoLvEp, That the Chief Executive Of the
Nation has broken his pledges to the people of
the State of California. in regard to the Pacific
Railroad, which pledges were announced in
his ill-timed letter of 1856, two weeks previous
to the election in this State and that we con-
denim the Administration for its refusal to place
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing, as
to compensation, as the Southern route"