The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-23
Democratic state Convention.

The Democratic State Convention as
sembled in Sacramento on Tuesday last,
and was . full, talented and patriotic
body Of men. Joseph HOge of San Fran
cisco, was elected President; John BiglsF,
W. NJ. Mcclure, John McHenry, James
johnson, W. F. White, George Pierce,
A. N. Francisco, A. j. ScrOggins, John
Surface, VIM. Wall, John McDougall,
Alex. Montgomery. W. 7. Coleman, Vice
Presidents; P. A. Forester and IL. Lock.
wood, Secretaries; B. F. Stewart, Sergeant.
alarms, and John F. Cooper and Francis
Burns, Assistants. The Convention was
harmonious and digniliej, and under the
supervision Of its gifted Chairman was
conducted with such unanimity and dis
patch as to close its ia6orS in o1e I~.y:
Royal 7. Sprague, Of Shasta, II. II.
Hartley, Of Sacramento, and F. Steele. of
SiSkiyou, were placed in nomination for
Judge Of the Supreme Court, and Mr..
Hartley received the nomination on the
first ballot.
The Convention adopted the following
platform, which cannot fail to meet the
approval and endorsement of all conserva.
tive men. II is a bold and patriotic and
manly declaration Of principleS,in marked
nil h., La
tudes adopted by the Abolition State
Convention
THE PLATFORM
/ Resolved, That we sincerely rrjnice at the ces-
satiOn Of the war aud the return of peace through
out our whole country, and we trust that the
nOnbtrous IessonS Of the past four ears viii in
EpIEe among all our fellow citizens greater rpVer-
ence for constitutional ubli gations, ,and friend
ly aud fraternsl relations between the PEOPLE Of
the States, wi ich the most solid guarantee for
| the peTpstuty Of the Union.
Resolved, That the Dpmocr icy Of California
will in the future, as IN the past, give coTdi. al
support To the National Administration the dts
! charge Of all the Constitutional functions. AID
most especially in times of great national peril !:
that In the face Of the mAnif1.d diicultIes and
embIrras sments resulting from the late war, the
| Democratic party Will not withhold its support
from the policy OF the Administration far the
same tends to secure the rights aud liberties Of the
| otateS anu Of their Citizens.
RtsolN ed, That upon every ground of Justice and
! policy to he White people Of the country, as we'll
as Of humanity to the negro themselves, the Dem
i ocratic party is iIfexibiy opposed to negro Suf-
frage, aud its inevitable quence, the political
and social equality uf the negro. in every form,
and especially TO the unnatural and revolutionary
scheme for thrusting universal suffrage, by action
/ OF Congress, upon the negroes OF the Southern
States
Received, That the welfare Of California demand
imperatively, that her mining interests sLou!d lie
developed and fosteTed and her people are IN the
same degree opposed to any s!stem Tor The sale
| taxation Of her mines.
| Resolved, That the whole history Of California
Is triumphant vlnilcatiOn Of her State policy #
q gold and silver circulating me,lium; and that
the extreme, that nuwritl.n contracts for work,
laho' aud services should b! law, in all cases. he
enforced in gold and silver coin.
ReSOhed. That the Monroe Doctrine 10
tehtIal part Of the policy Of the Democratic party,
aud of the American people.
RrsulNed That Mher the civil authority 10 in
full operation, there is neither warrant in the Com
stltution or laws, or et"L preteHt il any sup
posed necrssIty of State, tor trials by military
, tnurts, or arrests h, military power. And that
The Wrlt II hAbeAs corpus shuud be held iLtlUIA
Die under tie provisions Of the C"nstituiion.
The following gentlemen were chosen
as the State Central Committee for the
ensuing year:
San Francisco. John II. BEARD, W. T. Coleman.
Jas r. Cotter, Jos +. Hoge, aud Eugene Cas-
SeIlV.
Sacramento. James W. CoGroth, J. C. Gcodt
VIM. ShAttuck