The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family.
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.
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The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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As the treaty made with the United States was the first treaty entered into by your country with other countries, therefore the President regards Japan with peculiar friendliness.
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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.
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