Daily national Democrat., 1859-09-04
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The Democratic party of the State of Califor-
MIA, in Convention assembled, make and publish
as their Platfnrm and Resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we re-alirm 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 peoyge of the
Territories to form an their domestic institutions
il their own way, Is absolute aud cDmpietc, and
that we are naturally opposed To any interference
With such right either bY the I.egis or hx-
cutive departments IT the General Government.
RESOLVED, That the Administration OF James
3uchanan, by its outrages upon the rights oi the
people of Kansas, its unreleniing prescription o.
tried and worthy Dsm ,craS. for the ntense of ad-
herring 10 Democratic principles, its astan viO-
ation Of the pledges which brought it into life its
nttenpt 10 render the Legislative subject to the
Executive Department and its gross extravaganza
nismanagement aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect aud lost the cOnfdenec of the American
people.
RESOLVED. That the immediate construction of
the Pacific Rulrold ought TO be encouraged by
the Federal anl 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 system
needs a thorough aud complete revision, and that
the Constitution should be ~ changed, as tu in
crease the number Of Judges OF the supreme
Court, and secure speedy, honest and hithiui
administration ofjustice.
RESOLVED, That in the opinion Of this CoDVen-
ton, Congress should enact n law to protect actu-
al bona file settlers upon public lands in their
Just rights.
Resolved That we, as Convention, repre-
sentipg the true Democracy of California, adhere,
With Hnialtering irmnesS. to the principles of Dc
mocracv. as taught by Thomas Jefferson, and
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
RNn.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad-
iourns, its members adjourn TO meet as citizens,
at the polls inthe Ides of ofSeptember, and that by
our labors 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 treacherous 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 it as the
heresy Of faction and condemn it 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 of
the State of California. in regard to the Pacific
Railroad, which pledges We're announced in
his il-timed letter of $50, two weeks previous
TO the election in this State and that we CON
demu the Administration for its refusal to place
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing, as
70 compensation as the Southern route"