Daily national Democrat., 1859-09-03
Qailp NationaI Qrmutrat
National Democratic Platform.

The Democratic party of the State of Califor-
mia, in Convention assembled. make and publish
as their Platform and Resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we re-aIirm the principles set
forth in the Cincinnati Platform, and recognize it
as an authoritative exposition Of the Democratic
Greed.
RESOLVED, That the right Of the people Of the
Territories to form all their domestic institutions
"a their own way, is absolute and complete, ana
that we are naturally opposed TO any interference
With such right, either bv the Legislative or LX-
.cutive departments Of the General GnVernmeht'
RESOLVED. That the Administration OF james
buchanan bv its outrages upon the rights OF the
noonle of kansas its unrelenilng prescription q!
tried and worthy Democrats. fpr the ofense of ad-
herring 10 Democratic principles, its constant vio
lation Of the pledges which brought it into ile its
attempt to render the Legislative subject to the
Executive Department and its gross cxtravagnnce,
miSmanagement aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect and lost the confidence of the American
people.
RESOLVED That the immediate construction Of
the Pacific Railroad 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.
RrsoLvep. That our State Judiciary system
needs a thorough and complete revision, and that
the Constitution should be so changed, as to IN
crease the number Of Judges of the supreme
Court and secure speedy, honest ana ialtniul
administration ofjustice.
RESOLVED That in the opinion of this Cnnven-
tion. Congress should enact law to protect actu-
al bona fie settlers upon public lands in their
just rights.
Resolved. That we, as a Convention, repre-
sentint the true Democracy of California, adhere
With Nnfaltering frmness to the principles OF De
mocracy, as taught by Thomas Jefferson, anc
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
con.
REsotvEp. That when this Convention ad
iourus, 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 worlC
that the freemen OF California are unbought by
Federal patronage, and are unawed by Fedora
power and will sta by the sacred principles o
Democracy in defiance Of treacherous Presidents
and their Cabinets.
RESOLVED, That the doctrine of Intervention
by Congress to establish a slave code for the Ter
ritories, assumed by the Administration adher
ents, is gross departure from the principles o
the true Democracy as laid down in the Platform
made at Cincinnati, and we repudiate it as th
heresy of a faction and condemn il ms an Outrage
upon the great charter of American Liberty.
RESOLVED, That the Chief Executive OF tbC
Nation has broken his pledges to the people q
the State of California in regard to the Pacific
Railroad, which pledges were announced il
his i-timed letter Of 1856 two weeks previous
TO the election in this State and that we con
demn the Administration for its refusal to plac
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing, a
70 compensation, as the Southern route"