Daily national Democrat., 1859-10-23
lailp s(atlonaI Qrmutrat
National De nocsatic Platform.

The y n ,cr ltic ptrtv nf the State ut Calif.r-
nit, in C,1Fe III m lsse n5l"l. m Ike ana publish
~ their ~ 4 mi Resolutions:
RssbLvED, That We RET hrm the principles SET
Firth IN TIE O IciGn niu Pluf,rn. tpl rrcigIiz' il
~ ~ auth 'rltive exp iSitun of the Den"crdtc
Greed.
RSS MvEn, That tn right Vt tha people ~ thr
Fsrrit 'e% 10 frn al thor nestle ilS'lin'""s
~ th'n nvl Wv, - ih>plttr aud cIHipe'e' ''u
tlt VIZ are pttlr tllv npDb>,t a. any ln' I'e'V, ~
Nth +,-ch right. eth 'r nv ths ir'ElSlt'"' "r HN
ciiive d,-Dlrt Nuts .'f m, Ge1erh " 'n,''ei''
RsslLvEn FiIt ths ~ nini~irlt"n ot j ,me>
Stchlnan, hv itS outrIgrS unnn the right~ ~ tue
ts.,,le of X mas its ulrrleriing priNciptlhn %;
treI ,I ,y,,rfhv D,tn ,crltS flr the oAtnse " ad
herring b. Dsnlci ltc princpleS its cllStlnt Vlo
at,n If the pie fgeS which brought u into life, H.
Wtenpt ~ render the Legislative subject to the
Executive Department aud its gross cxtrivag lnce,
rnism lnagenent aud clrrunton has forfeited the
respect aud lost the confidence of the American
people.
RE%oI v.sp. That the immediate construction OF
the Pacific r tilroli ought to be encOur iged bv
the Federal ani Stlte governments nv all means
in their power, and that meanwhile the mail ser
vice bv the Overland routes should be sustained
aud increased.
RESOLVED, That our State Judiciary system
needs thorough and complete revision, and that
the Constitution shlut he so changed, aS tn in
erease the number of Judges of the supreme
Court, and secure sneedy. honest and faithful
administration OfjuStice.
Rgs0LvED, That in the opinion of this COnTen'
ti0n Congress should enact a law 10 protect actu-
oil boaa f,ie settlers upon public lands in their
ust rights.
RRsoLvED, That we, as n Convention, repre-
sentipg the true Democracy Of California, adhere,
with uhfaltering tirmness TO the principles of De-
mOrracy, as taught by Thomas jefferson, and
which guided the councils Of the immortal Jack
on.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad.
iourns, its members adjourn tn meet, as citizens,
at the polls inthe ldes Of September, and that b>
our labors anG ~ voices. we show to the world
that the freemen oi California are unbought by
Federal patronage, and are unawcd hy Federal
power, and viii sta 4 bv the sacred principles nt
Democracy in defiance Of IrcacherOus Presidents
and their Cabinets.
RESOLVED That the doctrine of Intervention
by Congress t0 establish slave code for the Ter
ritnres assumed bv the Administration udhcr
ents, is gross departure from the principles ui
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Plti r'r
made nj Cincinnati, and we r,pudiaie II III,
heresv ofa fi1iinn aud ndemn II as AN nutrag,
uppn the great ch1rier e Amcr'cln Liberty.
"REs0LvEn. Tint the Chief tx cniIve ,f th,
Nation has br'k,,1 bis pledges tn the people f
the Stare nf g lifirnia in regard "a the Paciiir
Rlirbi. wh,.d Piled res were nnuouoc.d IL
his timel letter of lSii. two weeks prcviuus
to the election in this State: and th,t we cnn.
drtnn l. a1in'"iStrdtion fir it, refusal to III g,
the Central uverlii,o Ma On the same tnting H.
y COMPENSATION. as the Snuihern route