Daily national Democrat., 1859-10-27
1ailp NationaI Qrmutrat.
NationoI Domocratic Platform.


The Democratic party of the State Of Califor-
nia, in Convention assembled, make and publish
as their PlItfarn aud Resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we re-aiiirm the principles sci
forth in the Cincinnati Platform, and recognize il
as an authoritative exposition of the Democratic
Greed.
REsoLvEo, That the right of the people of the
TerritG lies to form all their domestic institutions
Ia their own way, is absolute and complete, and
that we are naturally opposed TO any interference
With s1ch right, either bv the Legislative or EN-
.cutive departments Of the General Government.
RESOLVED. That the Administration OF james
Suchanan by it's outrageS upon the rights OF the
people of Kansas, its unreleniing prescription o.
tried aid worthy Democrats for the 0tfense of adj
bcrinr 10 Democratic principles, its constant viO-
Rton Of the pledges which brought it into life, its
sttenpt TO render the Legislative subject TO the
Executive Department aud its gross extravagance,
mismanagcment and corruption, has forfeited the
respect and lost the confidence of the American
people.
REsoLvgD. That the immediate construction OF
the Pacific Railroad ought 10 be encouraged by
the Federal AMI State Governments BY all means
in their power, and that meanwhile the mail SER
vice BY the Overland routes should be sustained
snd increased.
RESOLVED, That our State Judicilry system
needs thorough and complete revision, and that
the Constitution should be changed, as To IN
crease the number of Judges OF the Supreme
Court, and secure speedy, honest ana lalth'ul
administration of justice.
RESOLVED That in the opinion of this Conven'
tiOn. Congress should enact law % protect actu-
al boaq NE settlers upon public lands in their
ust rights.
ResoLvED, That we, ns q Convention, repre-
sentipg the true Democracy of California, adhere.
with W,ialtering iirmness, TO the principles of De-
yaocracy, us taught by Thomas Jefferson, and
which guided the councils Of she immortal jack
on.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad-
iourns, its members adjourn to meet as citizens,
at the polls, nthe Ides ofSeptember, and that by
our labors ana ~ voices, we show to the world
that the freemen OF California are unbought by
Federal patronage and are unawed by Federal
power, and will sta d by the sacred principles 0t
Democracy in defiance oftrcacherous Presidents
and their Cabinets.
RESOLVED, That the doctrine of Intervention
bv Congress to establish a slave code for the Ter
ritorieS assumed by the Administration ndher-
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
heresv of faction and condemn il MS an outrage
upon the great charter Of American Liberty.
4" "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,vl pledges were announced in
his ill-timed letter of 1856, two weeks previous
to the election in this State and that we con-
demn alt administration for its refusal 10 place
the Central Overland NAL on the same footing, as
70 compensation, as the southern route"