Daily national Democrat., 1861-08-20
Tie following are tse appoo.uign's Of .-ssrs. b c
Platform adopted by the Union pemo-
cratic stale Convention OF 1861.

WHEREAS, The Domocrtiic party has ever bcc
the party of atty t. free guvrruucut aud fratct
nal devotion 10 the rights Of the States If t.,
Union, aud Of un"avermg hdcilty to the laws th
Constitution, the Uuiuu, and the cuunjry-read,
tu maintain them by all pr"per means aud ,u
every sacrifice
Aud whereas The country is now Z, fndiug II
self against war without Justification, or d,ccu
excuse; Wagcd upon 1t by treasuuahIc coub uu
uuuS claiming 10 f,picsc,t tlp. peiple Of G, rtiti
States claiming h. have seeded fr.m th. UuY.
which Is manlte~tlv war for the invasion e.
our Nati"uaI Capital: far the uvcrhtuw ut ia
NHtiuual Gnverun ont the rptt>sluu uf H., tu,u
states the suhuKuiot, If lie Uuou; war
humble III the dust our Nnt,prud tug; ~ uteucr
flulu the Amcrican ptp pie thelr col~utuii, ,,a
! rights Of determining r themselves the,r ,,yy,
| p"cy, foreign and domestic, npd To- hl,t II en- ott
FROM the class q" The great puts,r> = the wuflG;
Aud whereas such war, 80 aggressive II, u
character and 80 ',Halv IN is ttIpu,cs f rec
upon the c'u.t try hn I9>lr vii cIl can br met bu
| III nue waI by anv people htvlug the comm. n iu
stlnct OF Htlt preservation, or worth, ot AN ex II
enc y uutIun;
ihereftc, BE- It unanimously resolved LY tn.
CunS cn,Iou,
|. THAT AZ t!'s tine. when 'hc eprr,fv ia ,p.',t
'iR "" "f"rpr S~i'u aud d~>truc ,"u, ud f,rr
eIcc - inpuSs bic t. III tatrInt aud neutral "a >
CIV rd CO. II MT pr M dlratpd di~luvaltv
z. That the people I G. lifruIa ~ the l,n t have
bee" most xlnu> T. rrr;icc thr H. huui the I'D
au'l VIII hrl with iy al hon .I3lh cadju-fuient II.
the iagr; ~ The .aur time they are obgl~ 0h
W'"HH, Tor tie U>IoN, the CuuutrV and The h..
against all assalldnts nn ulnitcr who they urr
whenc' they come. an ,oM hA"t lut...,,l4.ssI
B. That IN ih greet cr -, Of the Au.ct can un.
tl"u and n"me our State viii nlwNs II, hrrpt,
t"ie, faithfully discharge h.r C'httltuinn.l uti
CATIONS tp the q iuu ard The Fed r Gov, r,-
ne'h and, as ~ dntv T., mud. will earnestly su-.
tan the CO.. st,nied authorities At " a>hlnat IT, g.
all a. ttt.u 4. ~
either against tins must mjusufdble a. d I'M
natural wir.
4. Thai in the name of the loyal pcoll of Cul .
forum, we demtid uf tn. General Cover ,mrrt.
~ all Is power I" pr 'icc' Their lives aud rui 81
" "n the vi h aeiS, brtween tins c,nsi and III,
Atlantic. from the plratcdl hig which alicad,
threatens injury, and would lhH.ct destruction o.
both.
5. That in the present overwhelming iais. h
who would ok. ty revi, ing past plrtr-tu i>~,l.-
To dlStrdc' the pc" Ia, &" t' "r 81 from their hon.
est aud patriotic devotion some sordd Partisan
aivantagr, is not true IL the cuuutIy nor worth,
the name nl an Amrrlcau ciizru
i. Tint we hold that "ur paramount al'4giu c
= due Ia the Federal & ,yrruncni. lh.t the riuhi
fState secession IS a dangerous l. r.,y, iuevlta-
bly, destructive ut our urm Of Government
I. That obedience To- the Constitutional will ui
m"jurlheN Is 'he only te.guard 81 K, public u
GryernmrntS that we win uphold the c,ustttu
ted authorities, underall cn cuul>ianc,. aud a. all
hazards. IN maintaining Federal juW ,dcrion u it,
sphere. regardless 81 what party may BE- in ruwtr
.. Imt G"verunehta are p''lt cal urgai.lz
tionS, armed with cneIcive pns'cr wtlun wh eli
ihey cannot exlst thai it Is uut only no n->u >ump
ton 1 authority upon tie pnTt of q ,vprunent>.
but the? r. Stlve duv to exercise such cuerc y,
power, N order 10 maintain thruIS ly.s ngla>t
cilhcr iuielgn INVASION or {, ne,t leLrlun
.. That we trace the ctll>e> thr4u4h which the
present rebellinnh rs ue,-n accomplished, tntht ~
i>ttuce of ,eclInnl political parties in the uu-
try, one i"utded upon anti slavery. the .thrr
pr" slavery, both ,qunly amt D,m, cratic and de
strnctlve oi the peace. harm ny and pru-perily Il
the country that II Is the dnty oi the Unipn Dom.
cratic ariy 10 take >trnug Conservative posi-
ton IN this the hour of our countrys trial, aud
r'ilNlng around our National Flag. present an
unbruken front 20 all sectional NJ titluu.
10 That ~ Calltornians, we aple i 10 the whole
people 0t california. without distinction 81 p4ri,
or reference 10 partisan issues. 10 stand with IL
by n"r country aud our fag, that all may know
that the great Union Denucr tic party Of Gal f'r.
MA Is the oysrpowering majority oi her citizens.