Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-11
1aiIg 9(atimaI Democrat.
National Democrntic Platform.

The Democratic party of the State of Califor
MIA in Convention assembled. make and publisl
as their Platform and Resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we re-llirm the principles Sc
torth IN the Clucluuau Platform, and recognize i
Creed.
RESOLVED, That the right Of the people Of the
territories 90 form all their domestic institutions
IN then own way, is absolute and complete ana
that We are naturally opposed to any nlgrleIonec G
Win such right, either bY the leg Sisia'N' "I "a
.cutive departments of the General Go'erhheuI
RrsoLvrp That the Administration OF James
buchanan nv its outrages upon the rights OF the
people of Kansas, its unroleutng PROSECUTION q
tried and worthy Democrats. for the oituse OF ad-
beri,.r Z, Democratic principles, its constant vlO.
at Of the pledges which brought il into life, its
sttenpt 10 render the Legislative subject to the
Executive Department and lis gross extravaganza
mismanagement aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect lost the confidence of the American
people.
RgsoLvaD. That the immediate construction OF
the Pacific Railroad ought TO be encouraged by
the Federal ana State Governments by all means
IN 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 thorough and complete revision, and that
the Constitution should be $50 changed, as to in
crease the number Of Judges OF the supreme
Court, and secure n speedy, honest and faithful
administration ofiustce.
RESOLVED, That IN the opinion Of this C0nyen |
tion, Congress should enact law 20 protect actu. |
al b7Ha fte settlers upon public lands in their |
ust rights.
RESOLVED That we, as a Convention, repre- !
sentpg the true Democracy Of California, adhere |
with Nnialtering tirnness, to the principles Of De- |
mocracy, 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 20 meet as citizens |
at the polls, nthe ldes ofScptember, and that by |
our labors ana u~F voices, we show to the world |
that the freemen of California are unbought by |
Federal patronage and are uuawed by Federal |
power and will sta d by the sacred principles of |
Democracy in defiance of treacheTous Presidents |
and their Cabinets
REsoLvED, That the doctrine of Intervention |
by Congress TO establish 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 repudiate il as the
hercsy Of faction and condemn II as an outrage
upon the great charter of fAmerican Liberty.
RESOLVED 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, whtvd pledges were announced in
his ill-tmed letter of 1886, two weeks previous
to the election in this State and that we con-
demn the Administration for its refusal to place
the Central Overland Mail ON the same footing, as
TO compensation, as the Southern route"