Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-19
lallp NatlOnal Democrat
Nntionnl Dem ocralic Platform.

The Democratic party Of the State Of Calitor-
MIA. in Convention assembled, make and publish
as their Platform aud Resolutions;
RESOLVED That we re-allirm the principles set
o,rtb in the Cincinnati Platform aud recognize it
as an authcrative exposition of the Democratic
Greed.
RrsoLvEp. That the right of the people Of the
Territories to form all their domestic institutions
in their own way, is absolute and complete, and
that we are naturally opposed TO any interference
with such right either by the Legislative or EA'
ecutive departments of the General Goverpmehr
Resolved. That the Administration OF james
Buchanan. by its outrageS upon the rights ol 'ht
people of Kansas, its unrelenlug prose lpt'pr o.
tried and worthy Democrats. for tne ouehse VI au'
herring to Democratic principles, It's coastant No
ation of the pledges which brought 1t INTO ie, IT'S
attemnt 10 render the Legislative subject to the
Executive Department ana IT'S gross eAtraVa
mismanagemeut aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect and lost the confidence OF the American
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 a thorough aud complete revision, and that
the Constitution should be 50 changed, as to IN
crease the number of Judges OF the Supreme
Court, and secure SPECIFY, uoutst anu iiithl"
administration of Justice.
Resolved That in the opinion of this Conven-
ton. Congress should enact alaw to protect actn'
al bona fis settlers upon public lands in their
Just rights
RESOLVED. That we, q Convention, repre-
senting the true Democracy Of California, adhere,
with nnfaltering frmness, to the principles OF De
mocracy. as taught by Thomas Jefferson, and
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
sAn.
REsoLvEp. That when this Convention ad
iourus. its members adjourn to meet as citizens
at the polls, nthe Ides ofSeptember, and that by
our labors and our voices, we show to the worlC
that the freemen OF California are unbought by
Federal patronage, and are unawed by Fedora
power. aud will sta by the sacred principles o
Democracy in defiance of treacherous presidents
and their Cabinets.
RESOLVED, That the doctrine of Intervention
by Congress to establish slave code for the Ter
ritories. assumed by the Administration adher
ents, is a gross departure from the principles 0
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Platform
made at Cincinnati, and we repudiate 1t as th
heresv of a faction and condemn it as an outrag
upon the great charter of American Liberty.
"REsoLvED, That the Chief Executive of th
Nation has broken his pledges to the people o
the State of California in regard to the Pach'
Railroad, which pledges were announced II
his iI-timed letter of 1856, two weeks previous
to the election in this State and that we con
denim the Administration for its refusal to pac
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing, a
to compensation, as the Southern route