Daily national Democrat., 1859-12-28
lgllg ttatlOnaI Ilemutrat
Nnaonnl penoecatlc Ia. .rm.

The D. npcrltc party Of the Stne of Califor-
ail, IN ClrgsntiOn assembled, make and publish
A. tlslr Plttfhr n and Resolutions:
RGslLveD, That we re-aHrm the principles set
forth in the Cincinnati Platform, and recognize il
"A II authoritative exposition of the Democratic
Creed.
2sSlLvED, Thtt the right of the people of the
rsrrit 'es % for all their domestic institutions
ia their own way, is absolute and complete, and
tn It We arc naturally opposed to any interference
with slch right, either bY the Legi slntive or Ex.
scutive departments Of the General Government.
RgsoLvEn, Phat the Administration of james
Buchanan, BY its outrages upon the rights of the
pelple IS X lnsls, its unrelentin0 prescription o,
tried al worthy Democrats. for the otfense Of ad
herring n Democratic principles, its constantine
alton of the pledges which brought Il into life its
Nts not to render the Legislative subject to the
Executive Department and its gross extravaganza,
msntnage nent aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect aud lost the confidence of the American
people.
REsoLvED. That the immediate construction Of
The PIcic Railroad ought TO be encouraged by
the Federal ani State Governments by all means
ia 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 a 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 a speedy. honest and faithful
administration Of justice.
RESOLVED, That in the opinion Of this C0nven.
tion, Congress should enact a law TO protect aciu.
al bona file settlers upon public lands in their
just rights.
Resolved, That we as a Convention, repre-
sentlpg the true Democracy Of California, adhere,
with unialterng firmnesS TO the principles of De-
morracy. as taught by Thomas jefferson, and
which guided the councils Of the immortal Jack
son.
Resolved, That when this Convention ad-
iOurus, its members adjourn TO meet, as citizens,
at the polls, inthe Ides ofSeptember, and that bv
our lnb0rs and v-r voices, we show TO the world
that the freemen of California are unbought bv
Federal patronage, and are unawed by Federal
power aud will sta q by the sacred principles ol
Democracy in defiance of treacherous Presidents
and their Cabinets
RESOLVED, That the doctrine of Intervention
BY Congress 90 establish slave code for the Ter
ritnries, assumed by the Administration adher-
ents, is q gross departure from the principles of
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Platform
made at Cincinnati, and we repudate il as the
hereSv of faotion and condemn IL 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 of
the State Of California. in regard to the Pacific
Railroad, wh,~i pledges were announced in
his ill-timed letter of 1856, two weeks previous
30 the election in this State and that we con-
denim Administration for its refusal 10 place
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing as
b compensation, as the Southern route"