Daily national Democrat., 1859-10-13
Qailp 9(atjoNal 9rmutrat.
Nn,ionnl Democratic Platform.


Tho n,m,eraiic party of the State Of Califor
-, in Cmrenti1n assembled make and publish
a. their Platform and Resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we re-iirm the principles set
E,rth in the Cincinnati Platform, aud recognize II
as an authoritative exposition OF the Democratic
Greed.
RrsoLvrp. That the right of the people Of the
Territories TO form all their domestic Institutions
ia their own way. is absolute aud complete, and
that we are naturally opposed 10 any interference
With such right either by the Legislature or FIX
.cutive departmcnts of the General Gnyernment
RESOLVED. That the Administration oil James
5uchauan, by its outrlges upon the rights OF tue
people of Kansas its unreeniing prosc'pt'on %
tried and worthy Democrats. for the ofenSe ot ad-
herring to Democratic principles, its constant vio
aton of the pledges which brought il into life, its
atte,npt 10 render the Legislative subject TO the
Exccutige Department and its gross cxtrnvnglnce,
mismanagement and corruption, has forfeited the
respoetand lost the confidence Of the American
people.
REsoLvaD. That the immediate construction o
the Pacific Railroad ought TO be encouraged by
the Federal ana State Governments by all means
in their power, and that meanwhile the mail ser
vice by the Overland routes should be sustained
and increased.
REsoLvsp. 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 speedy, honest ana IaI'h'u'
administration ofjustice.
RESOLVED. That in the opinion OF this Conven'
tion. Congress should enact law to protect actu
al b3as lie settlers upon public lands IN their
just rights.
RRsoEvRn That we, as a Convention, repre-
senting the true Democracy of California, adhere,
with unilliering iirmncss to the principles Of De
mocracy. as taught by Thomas Jefferson, and
which guided the councils Of the immortal Jack
On.
RESOLVED That when this Convention nd-
iourns, its members adjourn 70 meet as citizens,
at the polls, inthc ldes ofSeptember, and that by
our labors and ~ voices, we show to the world
that the freemen Of California are unbought by
Federal patronage. and are unawed by Federal
power, aud will sta by the sacred principles of
Democracy in defiance Of treucherous 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 OF
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Platform
made at Cincinnati, and we repudmte 1t as the
heresv OF a faotion and condemn It us an outrage
upon the great charter Of American Liberty.
"REsoLvED, That the Chef 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 1855, two weeks previous
TO the election in this State and that we con
denim tae Administration for its refusal TO place
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing, as
- compensation, as the southern route"