Daily national Democrat. [volume] (Marysville, Calif.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-22
National Democratic Pla, am,

The Democratic party of the State Of ca,;sov
ma, IN Convention assembled, make and nnhi;ak
as thelr Platform and Resolutions.
RESOLVED, That we re-afirm the princinIas co,
Iorth IN the Cincinnati Platform, and recogni7e Il
Us an authoratve exposition of the Democra,ic
Greed.
Resolved, That the right Of the people OF the
,e.tllerles 10 iorm all their domestic institutions
Ia ia thelr own way, is absolute and complete and
tnat we are naturally opposed to anv Interference
Win such right, either BY the Leoislative or FV
ecuuve departments of the General Government :,
RESOLVED. That the Administration of James
Ducnahan, by Its outrages upon the rights of the
trioS G VI Aansas, ts unrelenting prescription of
Tled and worthy Democrats for the offense Of ad.
nerlng to Democratic principles, its coastant vio.
auon OF the pledges which brought il into life ;ts
atempt to render the Legislative subject 10 the
Executive Department and its gross extravaoance.
ana corruption, has forfeited the
respect and lost the confidence of the American
people. -AN'0i iSan
RESOLVED: That the immediate construction ot
tne Paclhc Railroad ought TO be encouroged bv
the Federal and State Governments bv ali means
IN thelr power, and that meanwhile the mail SER
and increased.
RESOLVED, That our State Judiciary svs,e;n
needs thorough and complete revision, and that
the Constitution should be so changed. as 10 in:
crease the number of Judges of the Supreme
Court, and secure speedy; honest and faithful
administration ofjhstice.
RESOLVED, That in the opinion Of this Conven.
non, Congress should enact law TO protect actn:
al 6onaf fde settlers upon public lands in their
just rights. ~ '"e"
RESOLVED, That we, as a Convention. renre-
| sehupg the true Democracy of California, adhere.
VIVID Nnhltering firmness, to the principles of De.
moeracy, as taught by Thomas Jefferson, and
which guided the councils of the immortal Jack
son.
RESOLVED, That when this Convention adj.
'ourns, Its members adjourn to meet, as citizens
at the polls inthe Ides ofSeptember. and that nv
our labors and v1r voices, we show to the world
tnat the treemen OF California are unbought by
Federal patronage, and are unawed by Federal
power, and will stand by the sacred principles Of
Democracy in defiance Of treacherous Presidents
and their Cabinets.
RESOLVED, That the doctrine of intervention
by Congress to establish slawe,code for the Ter
ntories, assumed by the Administration adher-
ents, IS gross departure from the Drincinles ~
the true Democracy as laid down IN the Platform
made at Cincinnati, and we repudate il as the
heresy OF a faction and condemn il as an outrage
upon the great charter ofAmerican 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 were announced IN
MS lll-umed letter of 1856, two weeks previous
to the election in this State; and that we con
ueliin tne Aumnlstratlon for its Refusal 20 place
the Central Overland Mail on the same footing as
70 compensation, as the Southern route"
RESOLVED, That the recent RECOMMENDATION of
James Buchanan of his Federal heresies demands
from us that we should renew our adherence To
our OLD principles, believing as we do that unon
those principles only can our Government he
safely conducted and the union of these States
preserved S'
RESOLVED, That we re-ai1irm the Cincinnati;
Platform and the great principles contained there-
IN; ana thatwe declare our nnalterabe adher-
ence to the great doctrine Of Popular Sovereign
ty, as understood and expounded in 1856.
RESOLVED, That we deem it inexpedient to re-
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.
and we desire our friends in the different counties
to sustain them at all times and under all circum
stances, as their wisdom may best suggest.
RESOLVED, That we adjourn, subject to the call
of the Chairman.
A. REDINGTON, Chm.
MARCUS d. BoRUcK, Sec'y.