Year: 1868

The Democratic party in the State of Calilor-
MIA in Convention, assembled at San FraDchco,
May lst, 1868. resolve and declare as follows


Resolved, That the expediens resOrted to by
the Radicals in Congress for the purpose Of per-
petuating their despotic power are such as to
threaten the perpetuity of the Government itself f;
and it is, therefore the duty Of all good citizens
to disregard minor considerations and local is
sues, and to combine in one grand and united
effort to preserve the legacy left us by our fathers
to restore the in 1ustry of the country to its
wonted condition OF prosperity, and to relieve
our people from the oppressive burden Of taxa
ton.


Resolped, That the unanimous declaration of
Congress, made on the 23d day of July, 1861,
" That the war is wagcd by the Government Of
the United States, not in the spirit of conquest
or subjugatiOn, not for the purpose OF over
throwing or interfering with the rights or insttu.
tions of the States ; but TO defend and maintain
the supremacy of the Constitution, and to pre-
serve the Unon with all the dignity, equality
and rights of the several States unimpared"-
has been persistcnly talsifed by its action, and
the power of the Government has been perverted
to schemes of ambition and revenge.
ResOiued. That the impeachment Of the Pres-
dent of the United States by u Radical Congress,
composed of those who assisted to elevate him
to that high pOsitiOn) on the most trvlous
charges, is only an additional evidence OF party
volence-not actuaed by any solicitude for the





the United States Government ridiculous in the
eyes of all civilized notions.


Resoired, That Henry II. Haght in all the ele-
| ments of honesty. integrity. patriotic devotion
to the best interests tt the whole country in ele-
waited craftsmanship and unswerving opposition
to the disorganizing and destroying factions now
| threatening the permanency Of Constitutional
| Government - stands pre-eminent among the
| great men of the nation.


Resolred That the action of the Radical House
OF Representatives of the present Congress of the
United States in refusing to make the necessary
| appropriation iOr the purchase of Alaska-a ter
ritory so important to the future welfare of the
Pacific coast, after that purchase had been honor
ably contaminated by the treaty making power
of the Government-is an act of peridy on the
part OF the representatives of the people and
| the reputation of national obligation, which
is entitled to and receives the hearty condemua-
tion Of the Democracy of California.
| On motion, the report of the Committee was
then unanimously adopted as whole.


Resolved, That it is not only the patriotic duty,
but the deliberate purpose Of the Democratic
party neper to submit TO be governed by negroes,
nor by those claiming to be elected by negro
suffrage; and we do earnestly recommend the
adoption OF this resolution by the National Con-
vention of the Democracy which shall assemble
in July next.


Resoired, That the Eight Hour System of Labor
| is Il Democratic measure and ou chit to become
National principle making eight hours a legal
days work on all public works in the Unified
States that our Delegates to the National Con
vention are requested ouse their endeavors to
incorporate this declaration in the National plat
form.