Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-17
Qulp 9lltlOnal Democrat
National DemOcratic Platform.


The De n ,cr itic party Of the Sttenf Ctlifir-
nil. in Clngelti,n ,n lsSe NIL Il. nuke aud publish
as their Pl ,tfirm aud Resolutions;
Rss,LvED. Tht we re- Affirm the principles set
firth in the CinciGnlti Phtf,rn. aud rec gnize IL
a. an authoritative exposition of the Democratic
Creed
resolved, That the right of the people Of the
Territi ires 70 Eru all their domestic iiStitutinnS
in their own wtv, is absolute aud complete, aud
that we are naturally opposed tn anv interference
with such right. either by the Legislative or EN-
ecutive departments If ths Gsneril & vernihe"'
RssoLvED. Tat the Al uiuistr tion q uleS
Buchanan, by its nntragss uphn the rEn'S - 'h1
palp'e Of X tnSls, its u lrelsntlhE P'|coP'"'t "
triad and worthy IN crats. fir the otlhSe nt al
hsrin, l., n ,r, ,,r nc principles its iIStant viu
tinn of the pll rss winch bran ght 1t intn HE It's
attsnnt 10 rsnder ths legislative subject To the
Ey catiys 4. .plrtmant and its grasS extrtyag nce.
misn lnassmsnt aud cirruptlnn, has forfeited the
rsspsctand lost the cinddencs of the American
people.
RssoLvgD. Thlt the immediate construction of
the Petite II ulrOld on TIT ti be encuur tged bv
the Federal and Stue q Giveraments by all means
in their power. aud that meanwhile the m al ser.
vice by the Overland routes should BE- sustained
and increased.
needs thorough aud complete revision, and that
the Constitution should be 50 chInGed, as tn IN
crease the number of Judges of the Supreme
Court and secure I speedy, honest and faithful
ad dninstratinn Ofjustlce.
RESOLVED, That IN the opinion ut this Crnveh-
ton. Congress should eulct altw u protect nc'n-
al boaa q Il settlers upon public lands IN their
just rights.
RrsoLvsD That we, rs Convention, repre-
senting the trne Democracy of California, adhere,
with uhtlltering irmness to the principles ut De
m,cracy. AS taught by Thnmls jefferson, and
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
SAn.
Resolved. That when this Convention ad-
iourns, its members djlurn 10 meet, as citizens,
at the polls, iuthe ldeS ofSeptember and that by
our lab ,rs aud nur Voices we show to the world
that the freemen ot California are unbought by
Federal patronage, and are unawcd by Federal
mower. aud will Stl d bv the tcred principles ot
Democracy la deilnce Of treacherous Presidents
and their Cabnets.
RESOLVED, rhit the doctrine of Intervention
by Congress tD establish u lave code for the Ter
ritories. assumed by the Administration adher
ents. is gross departure from the principles of
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Platform
made at Cincinnati and we repudate 1t as the
heresy of a faction and condemn II us an outrage
upon the great charter Of American Liberty.
"REsoLvED That the Chief Executive Of the
Nation has broken his pledges to the people at
the State of California, IN regrd to the Pacihc
Railr0ld, which pledges were announced IN
his ilLtimed letter of 1856. two weeks previous
to the election in this State aud that we cam
demn the Administration for its refusal to place
the Central overland NJ all ON the same footing, as
to compensation. as the southern route"