Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-15
A False Charge.

The "lnterventionists," charge upon the
democrats that last year, they were fighting
against Douglas, and this year thew bove
deserted their old coIors and are enlisted
under Douglas, fighting against their own
principles" We emphatically denv that tba
Democratic party in this State waged war
against Douglas in the doctrine of non-inter
yention last year, and we append the record
for the proof.
The Democratic State Convention. which
met at Sa ,ramento and nominated Milton S.
Latham for Governor and j. G. Downey for
Lieutenant Governor, passed the following
resolutions:
Resolued The Democracy of California, in
Convention assembled, again reiterate their
hrm determination to stand by, and maintain
in all their integrity, the wise Just and liberal
principles announced in the Cincinnati Plat
form by the Democratic party of the Union
Resotved, That the organized Territories OF
the United States, although not endowed
with all the attributes of sovereignty are vet
justly entitled to the right of self govern
ment' and the undisturbed regulation of their
domestic or local affairs subject to the Con-
stltutlon OF the United States, rnd that anv
attempt by Congress or any of The States to
estaolsh, prohibit or abolish the relation of
master and slave in Territory, would be a
departure from the original doctrine of our
American institutions and that we adhere,
immovably to the principle of "non- -interven-
ton by Congress with slavery in The States
and Territories, as declared in the "Kansas
Nebraska Bill, and openly disclaim fellow
snip with those, whether at the South, the
North, or the West, who counsel the aban-
donment, Limitation or avoidance of that
principle
RESOLVED, That the persistent effort to fix
upon the NntiOnal Democracy the stigma of
design to legslate through Congress a
''SIGve Code, for the Territories, is but des
perate trick of unprincipled and renegade
politicians to direct popular attention from
their own base and disorgar izing purposes.
Stephen A. Douglas never did either in
the Senate in his political essays, or from the
stump in political canvass, enunciate the
doctrine of"Popular Sow vereignty," and mon
Intervention" more forcibly, clearly and ex-
plcitly than they are announced in the above
Platform of the Democratic State Convention
of last year.
The Platform Of last year, was copied al
most word for Word from the Platform adopt
ed by the Democratic State Convention of
Ohio, and reported by Senator Pugh, a
thorough going, non-intervention Democrat.
who was Chairman of the Committee on Res
olutions. The Ohio Platform was adopted
10y ourState Convention, with but slight al
terations, and the regular Democracy of the
State, standing firmly upon this sound "non-
Intervention and popular sovereignty" plat
form, fought and won the political battle of
1859.
The boilers from the Democratic party
last year, combined with the united Opposi-
ton under David G. Broderick. and to gain
strength with the people dubbed themselves
douglas non-intervention Democrats" but
their hypocrisy was so PLAN, their Irregular
ty so clear, and the regular Platform so ex-
plicit, that they succeeded in enticing but
few Democrats from their allegiance to the
Democratic party.
The men who have seeded from the Dem
ocratic this year and who are supporting
Brecknridge and Lane, are the very persons
who are now endeavoring to foist upon the
Democracy me,c, false, strange and heretical
doctrines; but they will find that the Demo
cratic party will, in the language of the
platform of last year, "adhere immoveably
to the principle of 'non-interventon' by
Congress with slavely in the Territories, .
and that it will "openly dsclaim fellowship
with those, whether at the South, the North,
or the West, who counsel the abandonment,
limitation or avoidance of that principle -
Yreka Union, Aug. llh..