The President is of opinion that if Japan makes a treaty with the United States, all other foreign countries will make the same kind of a treaty, and Japan will be safe thereafter.
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It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first.Townsend Harris
Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.
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It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also.
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In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.
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The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.
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The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited.
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