Daily national Democrat., 1860-02-01
National Democratic PIa. .srm.

The Democratic party of The State of Califor-
MA, In Convention assembled, make and publish
as their Platform and Resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we re-ahirm the principles set
forth In the Cincinnati Platform, and recognize it
as an authorative exposition Of the Democratic
Creed.
RESOLVED, That the right of the people Of the
Territories TO form all their domestic institutions
10 their own way, is absolute and complete and
that we are naturally opposed to any interference
With such right, either by the Legislative or Ex-
ecutive departments of the General GsanRment. t..
RESOLVED, That the Administration ines
Suchanan, by its outrages upon the rig be
people OF Kansas, its unrelentng proscfptNB OF
tried and worthy Democrats. for the ofiense of ad-
herring to Democratic principles its constant vio-
alton Of the pledges which brought it into life, its
attempt to render the Legislative subject TO the
Executive Department and its gross extravaganza,
mismanagement and corruption, has forfeited the
respect and lost the confidence of the American
| people.
| REsoLvHD. That the immediate construction of
| the Pacific Railroad ought to be encouraged by
the Federal and State Governments by all means
in their power, and that meanwhile the mail SER
vice by the Overland routes should be sustained
and increased.
RESOLVED That our State Judiciary system
needs 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 ofjustice.
RESOLVED, That in the opinion of this Conven-
ton, Congress should enact alaw to protect actu-
al bona tide settlers upon public lands in their
just rights.
RESOLVED, That we, as a Convention, repre-
sentIpg the true Democracy of California, adhere
with Nnialtering frmness, to the principles of De-
mocraey, as taught by Thomas Jefferson, and
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
son.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad-
| od; 10,
at the polls inthe Ides ofSeptember, and that by
our labors and IT voices, we show to the world
that the freemen OF California are unbought by
Federal patronage, and are unawed by Federal
power, and will stand 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
rltories 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 repudate it as the
heresy Of faction and condemn ii as an outrage
upon the great charter of American Liberty.
e" "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, whiOa pledges were announced in
his ill-timed letter of 1856, two weeks previous
to the election in this State and that we con-
demn tne Administration for its refusa, 60 place
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing aS
RESOLVED That the recent RECOMMENDATION o
James Buchanan of his Federal heresies demands
from MS that we should renew onr adherence tC
our old principles, believing as we do that upon
those principles only can our Government be
safely conducted and the union of these States
preserved.
= RESOLVED That we re-afirm the Cincinnati
= Platiurm and the great principles contained there
in aud that we de clare our nnalterabe adher
ence to the great doctrine of Popular Sovereign
ID ty, as understood aud expounded in 1856.
10 RESOLVED, That we deem it inexpedient to re
c commend the election of delegates to the Charles
ton Convention, but that it is of the greatest i'm
portance to cherish the principles of our party
d. and we desire friends IN the different cOuntie
~ to sustain them at all times and under all circuu
stances, as their wisdom may best suggest
n RESOLVED, That we adjourn, subject to the ca
e- of the Chairman.
he A. REDINGTON, Chm.
MARCUS d. BoRucK, Sec'y.