The union Democrat., 1869-07-03
Democratic state Convention.

| The Convention which met ct Sacramento
on Tuesday, nominated, Hon. j. B. Crockett
and W. 7. Wallace for Justices of the Sa-
preme Court by exclamation. Tie following
resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, Upon the eve of political can
vass, the time-tonored usages of our patty
require that a platform of PRINCIPLES be an
nounced for the government of those who may
be elected to political Office; and, whereas,
new questions have arisen since the meeting
of the last Democratic Convention. making
such action eminently proper. therefore,
/ ReSoired. That the Democracy Of California
now and always confde in the intelligence,
patriotism and discriminating justice of the
white people of the country to administer and
control their Government without the aid of
either negroes or Chinese.
ReSolred, That the Democratic party view
with alarm the action of an unscru2ulous ma
ioritv in Congress in their attempts to absorb
the powers of the Executive and judicial de-
partments of the Federal Government, and to
annihilate the rights and functions reserved
to the State Governments.
Resolred, That the suhiection of the white
population of the Southern States to the rule
of mass of ignorant negroes, their disfran.
chisement. and the denial to them of all those
sacred rights guaranteed to every freeman,
is an outrage and wrong for which the his
tory OF free Governments in modern times
may be searched in vain for a parallel
Resolred, That the Democratic party is op-
posed to lending the credit of the State and
squandering the State property upon railway
or other CORPORATIONS to the detriment of the
public interests and the overwhelming in
crease of the State debt and taxation.
Resolred, That the Democratic party ever
has been, is now and ever will be. the cham
pion of the rights of the mechanic and work
ingman; that all the reforms having for their
object the reduction of the hours of his labor,
the enlargement OF his privileges and the
protection of his personal liberty, have ever
been demanded, enacted and enforced by the
Democracy; that we point with pride to the
tact that in California it was the Democratic
element in the Legislature that passed, and
Democratic Governor that approved, the
Eight-Hour law. and that we pledge our
selves to use our utmost exertions to carry
the provisions Of that law into full forco and
effect, as we'll as to labor in other directions
for the cause of the sons of toll.
Resotced. That we are opposed to the
adoption of the proposed Fifteenth Amend
ment of the United States Constitution, be-
lieving the same to be designed and, if adopt
ed, certain to degrade the right of suffrage ;
to ruin the laboring white man, by bringing
untold hordes of Pagan slaves lin all but
name) into direct competition with his efforts
to earn a livelihood; to build up an aristo-
cratic class of oligarchs in our midst, created
and maintained by Chinese votes to give the
negro and Chinaman the right TO vote and
hold Office: and thatits passage would be mimi
cal to the best interests of our country in direct
opposition to the teachings of Washington,
Adams, Jefferson and the other founders of
the Republic; in fragrant violation of the
plainest principles upon which the super
structure of our liberties was raised subver-
sive of the dearest rights of the different
States, and a direct step toward anarchy and
its natural sequence, the erection of an en-
pire upon the ruins of constitutional liberty.
HeSolred, That the Democracy of Califor-
MIA believe that the labor of our white people
should not be brought into competition with
the labor of class of inferior people, whose
living costs comparatively nothing. and who
add nothing to the wealth of our State, and who
care and know nothing about our churches,
schools, societies, and social and political in
stitutions.
| ReSolred That we arraign the radical
party for it's profigacy. corruption and ex-
travagance in public expenditures for its
tyranny, extortion and disfranchisement
for its contempt of constitutional obligations
for placing the city of Washington in the
hands of semi-civilized Africans and we
particularly condemn the appointment of
healthy and able-boded negroes to office while
the land is filled with capable white citizens
who are suffering for the common necessaries
of life.
| Resolced, That we heartily indorse and ap-
prove of the manner in which the Democracy
have administered the State Government, and
point with pride to the Acts to protect the
wages of labor, to lessen public and official
expenses, and to the fact that during the pres
ent State Administration the State debt has
been reduced nearly 81. 600 900. and taxation
reduced from 81 l3 on 500 to 81 cents.
Resolred, That the so-callei Alabama trea-
ty having been rejected by the treaty making
power of the Government, the Democratic par
| ty, true to its record as the only political par
| ty which on such issues has uniformly proved
itself faithful to our own country. will now,
as heretofore, be found ready to sustain all
measures demanded by the honest dignity
and rights of the republic in its relations
with all foreign Powers.
Resolred, That all voters in the State of
California who are opposed to the radical
measures of Congress, including the proposed
Fifteenth Amendment to .he Constitution of
the United States. and who are opposed to
the appointment of negroes to office, be invit-
ed to unite with the Democracy in the COM
ing contest.
Resolred, That the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, which controls all the wires
connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific, has,
in instituting tariff designed to give vir-
tual monopoly of Eastern news to few news
papers of one political party in this State,
been guilty of great public wrong, has be-
trayed the trust eonfded to it, and effectu-
ally restricted the liberties of the press. and
that its action in this regard calls loudly for
such legislative interference as shall prohibit
determinations, prevent the use of the tele-
graph as political engine, and make it, like
the mails, free to all.
refreshing FRAGRANCE Neither the
French, English nor German perfumes pos