Daily national Democrat., 1859-10-01
ylatlOnaI lrmutrat
National pcnrocratIc Platform.

The Democratic party af the State Of Calilnr-
MA in Convention assembled. make aud publish
as their Platform aud Resolutions:
RESOLVED. That we rc-lllirm the principles set
forth in the Cincinnati Platform and recognize il
IS 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 way, is absolute and complete, aud
that we are naturally opposed 20 any interference
With Sasl right. either br the Legislative or EN-
cdtive departments of the General Governnen'.
RESOLVED. That the Administration oi james
Slcnludn, by its outrayes upon the rights oi tne
people Of X .nslS, its ulreenung prescription o:
tried and worthy Dom lcrltS. fr tIe" "dsnSe ni adj
herlag t. Dsnlc, tic principles, its clAstant vlo
atiou of the pledges which brought n into life, its
attenpt 10 render the Legislative subject 10 the
Executive Department and its gross cXtrdvag nee,
mi~mtnagemeat aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect and lost the confidence Of the American
people.
Resolved. That the immediate construction Of
the Pacific Rlilroad ought to be encouraged by
the Federal ani 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 a 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 q speedy, honest and aithIul
administration ofiustice.
RESNLvEp That in the opinion o' this Conven-
ton, Congress should enact law % protect aetn-
al blaq 4 Is settlers upon public lands in their
just rights.
RgsoLvEp. That we. as q Convention, repre-
sentlpg the trne Democracy of California, adhere,
with uhflltcrng irmneSs. TO the principles OF De
mocracy, 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, MS citizens,
at the polls, inthe Iaes ofSeptcmbcr, and that by
our labors and ~ vnces, we show to the world
that the freemen OF California are uubought by
Federal patronage. and are unnwed by Federal
power. and will sta d by the sacred principles o
Democracy in defiance of treacherOus Presidents
and their Cabinets.
Resolved, That the doctrine of Intervention
BY Congress to establish q slave code for the Ter
ritories assumed BY the Administration adher
ents, is a gross departure from the principles u
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Platform
made at Cincinnati, and we repudate it as the
heresv of a flotion and condemn il as an outrage
upon the great charter of American Liberty.
RESOLVED, That the Chief Executive If the
Nation has broken his pledges to the people OF
the State of California. in regard to the Pacific
Railroad, which pledges We're announced in
his ill-timed letter of 1886, two weeks previous
to the election in this State; and that we con-
denim the Administration for its refusal to place
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing, as
b compensation, as the Southern route