If a man use opium once he cannot stop it, and it becomes a life-long habit to use opium hence the English want to introduce it into Japan.
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Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also.Townsend Harris
If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.
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.
Townsend Harris
When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this.
Townsend Harris
The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.
Townsend Harris
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
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