Daily national Democrat., 1859-09-13
9allp slatlOnal Qrmutrat.
National Democratic Platform.

The Democratic party of the State of Califor-
MIA. in Convention assembled. make and publish
as their Platform and Resolutions:
Resolved, That we reaiiirm 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 people of the
Territories to form all their domestic institutions
in their own way, is absolute aud complete, ana
that we are naturally opposed to any interference
With such right either by the LeglslatNe OF bN-
scutve departments of the General "oNSru,i'eu T.
RESOLVED. That the Administration OF James
Suchanan, by its outNges upon Tue rlgu.s "a 'ue
paoDle of klpsis its uurelcntlng prosclpuon o!
tri1 ,n5 ,vorthy Democrats. for the otiense of ad-
herinr 10 Democratic principles, IT'S coastant Vio'
lation of the pledges which brought 1t INTO lle It's
afts,,pt 10 render the Legislative subject to the
Execntive Department and its gross extravaganza,
misni lnagement and 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 ana State Governments by all means
in their power, and that meanwhile the mail ser
vice by the Overland routes should be sustained
aud increased.
ResoLysp, 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 speedy, honest ana lai'uiui
administration ofjustlce.
RESOLVED. That in the opinion OF this Conven
tion. Congress should enact law to protect actu-
al bona fle settlers upon public lands IN their
RFs0LvgD, That we, as Convention, repre-
senting the true Democracy of California, adhere,
with u5fllterinr frmness, to the principles OF De-
rnocracv as taught by Thomas Jefferson, and
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
son.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad-
iourns. its members adjourn to meet as citizens,
at the polls, inthe Ides 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
mower. aud will sta d by the sacred principles OF
Democracy in defiance of treacherous Presidents
and their Cabinets.
RESOLVED, That the doctrine of Intervention
bv Congress to establish slave code for the Ter
ritories. 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 repudlate u as the
heresv of a faction and condemn 1t as 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 Paclhc
Railroad which pledges were announced IN
his ill-timed letter of 1856, 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"