Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-12
lalln }(atjoull Dculutrat
National Democratic Platform.

The Democratic party Of the State Of Califor-
nil, in Convention assembled make aud publish
as their Platform and Resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we ra-aArm the principles set
forth in the Cincinnati Plltl1rm aud recognize il
as an authordtive exposition Of the Democratic
Greed.
RESOLVED, That the right Of the peopl, Of the
Territories to form all their domestic Institutions
IN their own way, Is absolute aud complete, and
that We are naturally opposed 10 any Interference
with such right, either by the Legislative or EX-
ecutve departments of the General Government
RESOLVED, That the Administration Of james
Buchanan, by its outrlgss upon the rights Of the
people Of Klnsls, its unrelsnung prescription o!
tried and worthy Dam 1crats for the ol.nse Of ad-
herring to Democratic principles its c1Istant vio
laton of the pledges which brought it into life its
attempt to render the Legislative subject to the
Executive Department and its gross extravaganza
mismlnagemant aud corruption, has forfeited the
respect and lost tIe c)Iiiclce of the American
people
RESOLVED, That the immediate construction Of
the Plciic Rlilro}i ought % be encouraged by
the Federal and State Governments bv all means
in their power, aud that maanwhils 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 a speedy, honest aud faithful
administration Of Justice.
RESOLVED, That in thsop!nion Of this Clnven-
ton Congress should enact law to protect actu-
al b1aa rte settlers upon public lands in their
Just strighs.
RESOLVED Tint we, as a Convention, repre-
sentipg the true Democracy Of California, adhere,
with Hhtlltering tirmness to the principles Of De-
mocracy, as taught by Thomls jefferson, and
which guided the councils Of the immortal Jack.
san.
R.sot vrn That vvhnn tbis r,nvcntion od
journs, its mambars adj lurn to meet, rs citizens
at the polls, inthe Ides ofSeptember, and that by
our hb)rs and our voices, we show to the world
that the freemcn of California are unbJught by
Federal patronage. and are uN1wed by Federal
power, aud viii sta d by the slcrcd principles Of
Democracy ia deilnce OF trelcherous Presidents
and their Cabnets.
RESOLVED fhlt the doctrine Of Intervention
by Congress to establish slave code for the Ter
rtorics, assumed by the Administration adher-
ents, is a gross departure from the principles Of
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Platform
made at Cincinnati, and we repudmte it as the
heresy ola floion and condemn it as an outrage
upon the great charter Of American Liberty.
"REsoLvrD, 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 iltimcd letter Of 1885, two weeks previous
to 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
to compensation, as the Southern route"