Daily national Democrat., 1859-09-17
9ailg g(att 1rnrutrat
National Democratic Platform.

~, rGe Demoers tic party of the State of Caifor
o n: ~, VI .ti0n assembled, make and publish
Us ,nelr llr flsF .orm and Resolutions:
c,n,ts ~ - That we re-allirm the principles Sc
az "a ~, .e Cincinnati Platform, and recognize i
Crss5 lucrative exposition Of the Democratic
rerr' oLvEp, That the right of the people of the
in5 Itories to form all their domestic institutions
! their own way, is absolute and complete, ana
nat we are naturally opposed to any interference
With such right, either by the Legi slatlFe OF EH
cutive departments of the General GuVeruu'e"
RESOLVED. That the Administration oi 1SuiS ~
Suchanan, by its outrages upon the rguts U Wv
people of Kansas. its uurelentIng proscpuon o'l
tried and worthy Democrats. for the ohense OF al i
herring 10 Democratic principles ltS coaslantNio
oton of the nledpes which brought it into life, lts
qtte,nnt TO render the Legislative SUBJECT TO th'
Executive Department and its gross extravaganza,
noisp,nna0ement aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect and losttAe cohhuehce ol Ine Auie'l0"n
people.
RESOLVED. That the immediate construction OF
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.
REsoLvEp, That our State Judiciary system
needs a thorough and complete revision, and tha'
the Constitution should be so changed, as to IN
crease the number Of Judges OF the Supremay,
Court and secure speedy, honest anu l"''u'u'
administration ofjustice.
RESOLVED, That in the opinion OF this Conyen-
ton. Congress should enact a law to protect ac'u-
al bona ME settlers upon public lands IN tneii
just rights. c.. -
RESOLVED. That we, as Convention, repre-
sentinor the true Democracy of California, adhere
With vnfalterinr firmness to the principles OF De
mocracv. as taught by Thomas jefferson, and
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
son.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad-
iourns. its members adjourn to meet, as citizens,
at the polls, inthe Ides ofSeptcmber, and that by
our labors and our 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 by the sacred principles ol
Democracy in defiance oftreacherous Presidents
aud 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 repudlate 1t as the
heresv of faction and condemn 1t as an outrage
upon the great charter Of American Liberty
"REsoLYED, That the Chief Executive of the
Nation has broken his pledges to the people OF
the State of California. in regard to the Racluc
Railroad, which pledges were announced mi
his ill-timed letter of 1856, two weeks prevIousj
10 the election in this State and that we conf
denim the Administration for its refusal TO place.
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing asI
- compensation, as the Southern route