Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-11
Qlllp ylatlOnal Democrat
National Democratic Platform.

The Dem 'cratic party of the State Of Califor
nj 4, in Convention assembled. make and publisl
as their Platform and Resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we reafIirm the principles set
forth in the Cincinnati Platform. and reclrniz,. g.
as an authoritative exposition Of the Democrat,
Greed.
RESOLVED, That the right Of the people of tn,
Territories to form all their domestic Institution,
in their own way, is absolute aud complete, and
that we are naturally opposed to any interference
with such right either br the Legislative or EX
ecutve departments of the G1nerd G. ,verumeut.
RESOLVED, Tndl the Alnnistr itun Of jaime,
Buchanan, by its OutrIgeS upon the rights of tn,
psIple of Kansas. its unrelenrng prescription q!
tried and worthy d I'm lcrds for the of,nse of ad
herring In Dem lcrltc PRINCIPLES its constant viz
latiou of the pledges which brought it into life it,
attempt 70 render the Legislative subject To th,.
Executive Department and is gross extravag ince
mism lnagement aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect and lost the confidence of the American
people.
RESOLVED. That the immediate construction Of
the Pacific Rlilrold ought to be encouraged bv
the Federal and State Governments by all means
in their power, and that meanwhile the mail ser
vice by the Overland routes should be sustained
aud increased.
RESOLVED, That our State Judiciary svs,em
needs thorough and complete revision, and that
the Constitution should be 50 changed as T., in
crease the number of Judges of tho supreme
Court and secure speedy, honest and faithful
RESOLVED, That ia the opinion If this Cnnven-
tion, Congress should enact law u protect actu-
al bona f 10 settlers upon public lands in their
just rights.
Resolved That we, as a Convention, repre-
senting the true Democracy of California, adhere,
WITH Nhalterng irmneSs, to the principles of De
mocracy, as taught by Thomas Jefferson, aud
which guided the councils Of the immortal jack
son.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad-
journs its members adj j,urn to meet, MS citizens,
at the polls inthe ldes ofSeptember, and that by
our labirs 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 d by the sacred principles of
Democracy Ia defiance of trelcherous Presidents
and their Cabinets.
RESOLVED, That the doctrine of Intervention
by Congress to establish 81 ave code for the Trs-
ritories, assumed by the Administration adher-
ents, is a gross departure from tho principles Of
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Platform
made at Cincinnati ami we repudmte it as the
heresy Of a faoton and condemn 1t MS an outrage
upon the great charter Of American Liberty.
RESOLVED, That the Chief Executive of the
Nation has broken his pledges to the people ot
the State of California in regard to the Pacific
Railroad which pledges were announced in
his iltimed letter of 1885, two weeks previous
TO the election in this State and that we cnn-
demn the Administration for its refusal To place
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing as
TO compensation, as the Southern route"