Daily national Democrat., 1859-10-18
Dailu alationaI 1rmutrrt.
National Demoeratlc Platform.

The Dem ,crltic party of the State of CaliEr
aia, in Convention assembled. m Ike aud publish
as their Pl ltflrn and Resolutions
RESOLVED, That we re-afiirin the principles Sc
brth in the Cincinnati PlltflFm. and recognize i
as an authoritative exposition Of the Democratic
Greed.
RESOLVED. That the right Of the people Of the
Territories to form all their domestic institutions
ia their own wav. is absolute and complete, ann
shat we are naturally opposed 10 any lnte'ieI ~
with such right either bv the Legl Hll'i" w 80
.cntive departments nf the Gener ti H'"C'
RESOLVED. That the Administration @. 'r. ~
Suchanan, bv its outrageS upon 'he I'su.S ~ W..
people of Klnsls its unrelenllng prlSc'p'". -
tr;ad aud worthy Dem lcriS for the nlicnSe o al
herring IN Democratic principles. ITS cn'stani Vl"N
ot;on Of the DIeires which brought IL into life lis
,tte,npt ~ render the Legislative subject to the
Executive Department and itS gross extravaganza.
mism lnagement aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect and lost the confidence of the American
people.
REsoLvlD That the immediate construction ot
The Pacific r lilrntd ought to be encouraged by
the Federal ani State Governments hv all means
in their power, and that meanwhile the mail ser
vice bv the Overland routes should be sustained
aud increased.
Resolved. That our Stte Judiciary svs'en
needs thorough and complete revision, and that
the Constitution should he 81 chan lcd as ~ m
erelse the number Of Judges uf the supreme
Court, and secure . sneedy. honest and iiltb'nl
administration ofinstice.
Resolved Thtt IN the opinion "f this Cnnveh'
ton, Congress Shnnld enact law to project nc'n-
al boga i Il settlers upon public Lands IN Their
ust rights
REsOLvEp That we, as Convention, repre-
sentrpy the true Demncrlcv of California, adhere,
with uhialterng irmneSs. 10 the principles of De
mocnlcy, us tnght by Thnms jefferson, aud
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
on.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad-
iourns, its members adjourn to meet, ns citizens,
at the polls, inthe Ides ufSepiemher, and that nv
our lhbnrS ana -. voices, we show to the world
that the freemen Of California are nnbought by
Federal patronage and are unawed by Federal
power. and will sta d by the sacred principles ni
Democracy Ia defiance OftreacherOuS Presidents
and their Cabinets.
RESOLVED, That the doctrine of Intervention
nv Congress To establish slave code for the Ter
ritnries. assumed by the Administration udher-
ents. is gross departure from the principles uf
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Platform
made ut Cincinnati, aud we rppudmte It hs the
heresv uf u faction and Condemn il as nm outrage
upnn the great charter of American Liberty.
" RESOLVED. That the Chief Executive "f the
Nation has broken his pledges 10 the people ut
the State of G lfbrnih. in regard to the Pacific
Railrad, which pledges were announced in
his ill.timed letter of 1856. two weeks previous
10 the election in this State; and that we cnn-
denim IL ADMINISTRATION flr it$ refusal Ia place
the Central OVERLAND Ma ON the same footing. as
" compensation. AS the southern route