The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family.
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We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries.Townsend Harris
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.
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The President wants to make a treaty that will be honorable to Japan, without war, in a peaceable manner, after deliberate consultation.
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The two nations England and France are now engaged in war with China, and what will be the result as respects China no one can conjecture.
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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 English Government hopes to hold the same kind of intercourse with Japan as she holds with other nations, and is ready to make war with Japan.
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