Daily national Democrat., 1859-10-26
9ailp 9atl0nal 1rmutrat.
National Democratic Platform.

The Democratic party of the State of Califor.
nia, in Convention assembled, make and publish
rs their Platform and Resolutions
RESOLVED, That we re-aflirm the principles sci
forth In the Cinciunati Platform, and recognize il
as an authoritative exposition of the Democratic
Greed
RESOLVED, That the right Of the people Of the
Terrific ies to form all their domestic institutions
Ia their own way, is absolute and complete, ana
that we are naturally opposed 20 any interference
with sLch right either bv the Legl slauve or bX-
.cutve deDartments Of the General Guvcrnmeut
Resolved. That the Administration of James
Suchanan, by its outrages upon the rights of the
penple Of Kansas, its unrelenting prescription OF
tried aid worthy Democrats for the ollsnse Of adj
herring % Democratic principles, its constant vio-
ation Of the pledges which brought it into life its
attempt to render the Legislative subject to the
Executive Department and its gross extravaganza,
mismanagement and corruption, has forfeited the
respectand lost the confidence of the American
people,
REsoLvaD. That the immediate construction of
the Pacific Railroad ought To be encouraged by
the Federal an1 State Governments by all means
in 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 thorough and complete revision, and that
the Constitution should be 50 changed, as TO in
crease the number of Judges of the Supreme
Court and secure a speedy, honest and faithful
administration ofjnstice.
RESOLVED, That in the opinion Of this Conven-
ton, Congress should enact law to protect nctu-
al bona fis settlers upon public lands in their
ust rights.
Resolved, That we, as q Convention, repre-
sentipg the true Democracy Of California, adhere,
with Nhialtering frmness. 20 the principles of De-
morracy, Us taught BY Thomas Jefferson. and
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
On.
Resolved, That when this Convention ad-
iourns, its members adjourn to meet, as citizens,
at the polls, inthe ldes ofSeptember, and that BY
our labors ana 81 voices, we show TO the world
that the freemen OF California are uubOught by
Federal patronage. and are unawed by Federal
power, and will sta by the sacred principles of
Democracy in defiance Of treacherous Presidents
and their Cabinets.
RESOLVED, That the doctrine of Intervention
by Congress 10 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 repudate il as the
heresv Of faction 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 Pacifc
Railroad, who'd pledges were announced in
his ill-timed letter of 1856, two weeks previous
to the election in this State and that we con-
demn Gne Adyninistration for its refusal to place
the Central overland Mail on the same footing, as
V compensation, as the southern Route