Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-31
Daily Natiol1aI Democrat.
National Democratic Platform.

The Democratic party of the State of Calfot-
MIA, in Convention assembled, make aud publish
as their Platform aud Resoutionsi
Resolved, That we re.aIirm the principles set
forth in the Cincinnati Platform, and recognize il
as an authoritative exposition of the Democratic
Greed.
RESOLVED, That the right of the people Of the
Territories TO form all their domestic institutions
their own way, is absolute aud complete and
hat 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 outr1ges upon the rights of the
people of X Insls its unreenung prescription og
tried and worthy ID lem lcrats for the otfnse Of ad
ltering to Democratic principles its constant VIC.
lation of the pledges which brou yht it into life its
attempt to render the Legislative subject to the
Executive Department and its gross cxtrava gance,
uiismlnaIement aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect tand lost the conhdelce of the American
people.
Resolved. That the immediate construction of
the Pacific P"'lroad ought To be encouraged by
the Federal h.. State Governments by all means
in their power, and that meanwhile the mail SER
vice by the Overland routes should be sustained
aud increased.
HEsoLvEU, That our State judiciary system
needs thorough aud complete revision, and that
the Constitution should be 50 chang gel, as to in
crease the number of JUICES of the Supreme
Court, aud secure speedy honest aud faithful
administration ofjustice.
Resolved That in the opinion Of this C1nven-
tion, Congress should enact a law to protect actu-
al bona fIe settlers upon public lands i'll their
just rights.
Resolved That we, as a Convention, repre-.
senting the true Democracy Of California, adhere,
with uhtaltering hrmness to the principles of De-
mOcracy, as taught by Thomas Jefferson, and
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
Hon.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad
iourns, 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 uubought by
Federal patronage, and are unawed by Federal
power aud will sta ID by the slcred principles of
Democracy in defiance of trelcherOus Presidents
and their Cabinets.
RESOLVED, Thlt the doctrine of Intervention
by Congress to establish slave 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 the
heresy of a faction and condemn it an outrage
upon the great charter ofAmerican 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 ill-timed letter Of 1885, 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"