Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-26
Qallp 9lattonaI Democrat
NatlonaI Demoeratle PIntform.

The Dem ,cratc party Of the State of Califor-
nil, in Convent1n assembled. make and publish
as their Platform aud Resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we re-liirm the PRINCIPLES set
forth in the Cincinnati Platform, and recognize it
as an authoritative exposition of the Democratic
Creed
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 anv interference
with such right, either by the Legislative or EN-
eCutlve departments OF the General Glvernmenl.
RESOLVED, That the Administration Of james
Buchanan, by its Outrages upon the rights ot the
people of ktnsls, its unrelenung prescription o!
tried and worthy d en- lcrlts for the oHenSe ot adj
herring 20 DemOetltic principles, ITS constant viO.
htion of the pledges which brought it into life its
attempt tn render the Legislative subject to the
Executive Department and its gross eXtravaglnce
mismlnagensnt aud corruption, has forfeited the
respectand lost the confidence of the American
people.
RESOLVED. That the immediate construction of
the Pacific Rtilrold on ghtto be encouraged bv
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, aud secure u speedy honest and faithful
administration ofjustice.
Resolved, That in the opinion Of this Cnnven-
ton, Congress should enact law to protect actu-
al boRafIe settlers upon public lands in their
just rights.
Resolved, That we, as a Convention, repre-
senting the true Democracy of California, adhere,
With unflltering frmness. to the principles of De.
mocrcy, as taught by Thomas Jefferson and
which guided the councils Of the immortal Jack
son.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad-
jourus, its members adjourn to meet as citizens,
at the polls, inthe Ides ofSeptember, and that by
our labors and our voices, we show TO the world
that the freemen OF California are unbOught bv
Federal patronage, aud are unawed by Federal
power and 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 sllve 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 repudiate it as the
heresv of Il faction and condemn it ms an outrage
upon the great charter of American Liberty.
" RESOLVED, 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 -timed letter of 1856, two weeks previous
to the election in this State and that we con-
demn the Administration for its refusal to place
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing, as
to compensation, as the southern route"