Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-15
Democrntic stnte Convention.

The free and untrammeled Democracy Of
California. through their representatives,
meet to-day in general convention at Sacra-
mento 1t will be their business to nominate
State officers and members of Congress, and
to pass resolutions expressive of the views
of the Democratic party of this State. Their
action will be looked to with great interest
from every quarter of the country, for the
contest about to be waged by t candidates
whom they shall putIforth, will be the hottest
arena Of this State. They should therefore
be men of intellect and firmness, armed with
truth and panoplied with integrity. The
Convention should consider, not the claims
merely of candidates for office, but their abil.
ity to fill the positions to which they aspire,
and their availability before the people A
sound ard substantial ticket will be elected.
but welk one will certainly be defeated.-
SO shall we be defeated, also, if we fail to
enunciate broadly and unequivocally the
the principles upon which our party is or
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from the creed to which we are bound, we
shall find ourselves in trouble and meet with
disaster at every step. No vessel Will bear
US safely into port but the staurch old ship
Of the ancient, unchanging, true Democracy.
While the leaky crafts of time serving isms
and butchered up compromises struggle IN
vain with the storms and are whelmed be-
meath the waves we shall ride in triumph in
that good old ship. and defy both the tenn
pests above and the whirling gulfs below
Neither should we throw overheard our
guiding compass or lose sight of the polar
star of that faith which has lighted and led
us in times past and in the better days of the
great National Party to which we belong.
Though we may be tempted to compromise
or to disguise our principles, we should scorn
any concessions of conscince or a mean resort
to masks or subterfuges Let us fight this
battle, as every other. upon the broad ground
Of Democratic principles alone. If We win
then will our principles be successful; if we
fall, we shall fall like good and true men,
and glory shall crown us even in our defeat
But, if we succeed 10y a base abandonment
of principle, our success is our dishonor: and
if we fail double shame and confusion are
our portion.
The Convention should boldly reiterate
the Cincinnati Platform and the principles of
the Kansas Nebraska Bill distinctly charge
upon the Administration its reeking corrup-
tions and recorded, demonstrated infamies;
charge also upon the Lecompton party what
they are in reality guilty of, to-wit; belief
in and advocacy of Congressional interven-
ton on the subject Of slavery in the terrific
ries and emphatically proclaim the undying
hostility of the Douglas Democratic party to
any such Intervention of the National Legis-
lature in opposition to the sovereignty of the
people.
With such PLATFORM and with good and
true men and sound Democrats as the nomi |
nees of the Convention, we may reasonably |
expect to sweep this State in the coming elec
tion like n whirlwind. The tide Of public |
opinion is in our favor, and we have but to |
he true to ourselves and to our principles to
ride in triumph on its waves