Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.

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• Townsend Harris:

  Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be all

• Townsend Harris:

  Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President dire

• Townsend Harris:

  It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here

• Townsend Harris:

  The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.

• Townsend Harris:

  The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed

• Townsend Harris:

  The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a trea

• Townsend Harris:

  The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is

• Townsend Harris:

  In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

• Townsend Harris:

  If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the forme

• Townsend Harris:

  If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.