Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-09
0ajlp Y(atiOnaI Qcnrutrat
National Dem ocratic Platform.


The Dem 'cratc party Of the State Of Califor-
mia, in Convention assembled, make and publish
rs their Platform aud Resolutions:
Resolved That we re-allirm the principles set
forth in the Cincinnati Platform, and recognize it
as an authorItiye exposition Of the Democratic
Greed.
RESOLVED That the right Of the people of the
Territories to 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-
ecutlve departments of the General Government.
RESOLVED, That the Administration of James
Buchanan, by its outrages upon the rights of the
people OF klnsls, its unrelentlng prescription OF
tried and worthy Democrats for the offensc of ad
herring to Democratic principles, its constant vic.
laton Of the pledges which brought it into life its
attempt to render the Legislative subject TO the
Executive Department and its gross extravaganza,
mismlnagement aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect and lost the confidence 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
aud 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 fiithtu
administration of justice.
RESOLVED That in the opinion of this Conven
tion, Congress should enact alaw 70 protect actu
al bona ffs settlers upon public lands in the
Just rights.
REsoLvgD, That we, as a Convention, repre-
sentipg the true Democracy of California adhere
with Nnilltering irmness, to the principles of De
mocracy, as taught by Thomas Jefferson, anC
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
son.
RESOLVED That when this Convention ad
journs, its members adjourn to meet, as citizens
at the polls, inthe ldes ofSeptember, and that by
our labors and our voices show to the world
that the freemon OF California are unbought by
Federal patronage and are unawed by Federal
power, aud will sta d by the sacred principles OF
Democracy in defiance of treacherous Presidents
and their Cabinets.
RESOLVED, That the doctrine of Intervention
by Congress to establish a slave code for the Ter
rtories, assumed by the Administration adher.
ents is a gross departure from the principles o
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Platform
made at Cincinnati, and we repudiate it as the
heresy of faotion and condemn it as an outrage
upon the great charter of American Liberty.
"REsoLvED, That the Chief Executive of the
Nation has broken his pledges to the people o
the State of California. in regard to the Pacific
Railroad which pledges were announced il
his ill-tmed letter of 1856 two weeks previous
to the election in this State and that we con
demn the Administration for its refusal to plac,
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing, a.
to compensation, as the Southern route"