Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-26
REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

III. REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
The Constitution of the United States re-
quires a revision, in the spirit of the De-
eiaration of Independence, and in accord
anee with the principles herein espoused.
". POPULAR EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH AND
COLONIZATION OF THE EEGRoEs.
The want of education in the masses of
the people is one of the main levers in the
hands Of the secessiontsts, slaveho ders and
all enemies of the Republic. Congress
should, therefore, take care of popular edu-
cation not only among the liberated slaves,
but also among the rebels, in all the recon
quered territories under its jurisdiction,
The foreign colonization of the negroes
would neither be benefit to them nor an
advantage to the country, while their settle
ment as free lsborers on the confscated
lands will bear better fruits to the nation and
to liberty than the former domain Of their
traitorous masters.
V. FOREIGN POLICY.
Peace and amicable relations with friend
ly nations, undisguised sympathy with the
liberal tendencies of every people, but ener-
getic resistance against any organization of
deEPotic governments, especially with re-
gard 10 the Monroe doctrine, should be the
rule Of our foreign policy.
The French invasion of Mexico is nothing
but a shameful act Of Wholesale robbery,
spriDging from greediness and ambition, be-
gun with hypocrisy and falsehOod, continued
with psridy and maignity, terminating in
murder and tyranny. But it is at the same
time an audacious menace and deep insult
to the people Of the United States, to whom
the successful andl overbsaring murderer of
republics has thrown the gauntlet of war for
determination, This menace and insult can
lose nothing of its character by the enoour-
agement with which it has met in the short
sighted and obsequiOus policy of the Admin
istration in Washington. Ire honor as we'll
as the ss.ety of this republic demand that
the dark schemes Of the French usurper be
fOiled by every means, and that the govern
ment Of cur sister republic, elected by the
people, be reinstated. And the strength of
the . 6ited States allows her, and the honor
# the republic commands her, even now to
declare proudly and boldly that an end shall
and will be put to the schemes Of the tyIant
on this continent, by the will and power Of
the free people ofNorth America.
The so-cRlled policy of non Intervention,
by which the avoidance Of every foreign al
lance was made q doctrine, does not any
longer confirm with the condition and
demands Of the present time; but
in the course of time the most fatal
consequences must bS brought on by a
policy that would inaugurste the disregard
Of Washington's choice, by an alliance which
is contrary to the character of the republic,
which must ALLEVIATE from her the sympathies
of the nation of Europe, which would con-
vert her, at least morally, into a tool of des-
potism as willy as it is bArbarous, and make
her indirectly the accomplice in cruel op-
preston Of other nations. The most worthy,
powerful and natural ally ofths North Amer
lean republic is the European revolution, and
every attempt Of an armed inteTvestion in
the affairs of this continent should
be answered BY an Intervention in
favor of the republican principle. For the
United States have it in their power to obviste
without danger or great sacrifice, any Euro
pesn attack by aiding European revolution,
and to earn, together with the security from
any foreign Intervention, the glory Of initis-
ting the liberation Of the world.