Daily national Democrat., 1859-07-29
4allp NatiOnal Democrat
National Democratic Platform.

The Democratic party of the State of Califor-
MA, IN Convention assembled make and publish
as their Platform and Resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we re-allirm the principles sci
Orth in the Cincinnati Platform, aud recognize if
rs an authorltiyc exposition Of the Democratic
Greed.
RESOLVED, That the right of the people Of the
Territories to form all their domestic institutions
IN their own way, Is ab solute aud complete and
rhat we are naturally opposed 10 anv interference
with such right, either by the Legislative or EX-
ecutive departma of the General Government.
RESOLVED, That the Administration of JamcS
Buchlnan, by its outrIges upon the rights of thc
people Of ktnsls its unrecnilng prescription o!
tried and worthy Dsm icrltS. for the oftnse Of ad
herring to Democratic principles, its cllstant vic
latiOn of the pledges which brought 1t into life its
lttempt to render the Legislative subject TO the.
Executive Department and its gross extravaglncc
mismlnagement 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 and State Governments by all means
m their power, aud that meanwhile the mail ser
vice by the Overland routes should be sustained
aud increased.
RESOLVED, 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 a speedy, honest and faithful
administration of Justice.
RESOLVED, That in the opinion of this Conveu-
tion, Congress should enact law to protect actu-
al bono. file settlers upon public lands in their
Just rights.
Resolved, That we, as a Convention, repre-
sentiug the true Democracy of California, adhere,
with Nnialtering trmness. to the principles of De-
mocracy, as taught by Thomas Jefferson, and
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
SNn.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad-
iourns, its members adjourn to meet, as citizens,
at the polls inthe Ides OfScptember, and that by
our lablrs and our voices, we show to the world
that the freemen OF California are unbought by
Federal patronage, and are uaawcd by Federal
power, and will sta ID by the sacred principles of
Democracy ia defiance oftreacherous Presidents
aud 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 Of
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Platform
made at Cincinnati, and we repudate it the
hereSv of a faction and condemn it as an outrage
upon the great charter ofAmerican Liberty.
"REsoLvsD, That the Chief Executive of the
Nation has broken his pledges TO the people of
the State of California, in regard to the Pacific
Railroad, which pledges were announced in
his ill-timed letter of 1856, two weeks previous
10 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
30 compensation, as the Southern route"