New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-25

From the Albsny Evening Journsl.

From the AlOsny Evening Joufns
The signs of the times portend the day at hand
when japan, like China VIII be required 10 open
her doors TO the rest of mankind. The spirit OF the
age will not much longer tolerate the exclusveness
i'm which she has now lived more than two hundred
vesrs Yet the task OF the stranger who shall per
,usde or force her 20 take him m, Will be d m
cult or dangerous. II It shall please Providence To
charge Great Britain with the labor Of removing,
b, violence the barriers which exclude the world
from japan she will fad II an enterprise not parsl.
leled perhaps by tho Opium war protracEed and
expensive as It was
isnso has from Nature formidable defences In
rsefs which encrcle the islands and make her
barbors accessible only by channels so 'ortuou'
and involved that a heet oyertasen by storm
while IN them. could scarcely escape destruction
scared dangers OF that sorI an invader would meet
mn the strand a people greatly superior IN physcsl
sb,itv and intelligence 10 any that have succumbcd
., pritisb uoger In lndla or Ia Chlna Blocksdss
however rigid. would prove harmless Tor such 10
the fertility of the soil aud the skill and industry OF
the people that japan perhaps inc mo'
o,usr on earth Neither the bread OF the poor nor me
fxn,.s II the rich come from abroad Japan suossts
~, !, Iris even doubtful whether foreigner could DO
,nng more agreeable to the islanders than 20 BLOCK
al. them VIGOROUSLY since noninlercoorse with the
civilized world. unrelieged even by smuggling seems
,he cnn.uunm alton Ot japanese hope sud policy
Iii. 70 be- hoped the approaches ms country may
make II sny tO.srd ihst remarkable people, VII be-
ma ~
- i,b.r forgottrn nor forgiven, and FISH or foolish
n.gotiatior wou De very hkely T. seal hermetcsly
ADD for ong time, every avenue hrousn "hch the -
gsn.,e mi ht pescrapy reached Il 10 scarcely ne
p,, 10 .sy except peacsabiy the Japanese never
~ reached by us-tney 80 remote and % powerful
this country should mover reduce il'e to inc alternative
OF f0rciDle entry.
A, American envoy would find Il necessary not only
.,cilists tne nsryes boz 10 overcome the Influence
If the Dutch--the only European nsuOn tolerated by
the Japanese the expulsion Of me Portuguese eno
M. determination OF The native Christians 10 acom
,,s,risl sense the Dutch monopoly on the trade WIN
Ian h.. uroDaDly ceased 10 be- profitable. yet Inm
orde ant hsbt the H0lsnders VIII he nkey To Us' he
LIVER of their position and ssociauon 10 pefpetvsS
he exclusion Of Chrstsn nations from tna porr Oh
Loan Eat that they enjoy The freedom OF them nov
M nave they ever 0eins themselves cOnrned u an
l.,t called Decms -nd me only Ocessloo upon ~tlen
81, f, nress the soil Of the isand 10 the qu-drennis
,i,it Of the Dufch Governor 10 sosse he nation md
himself before the Emperor At Jeddo rfonist 70 mo
O.,ch q, the trade Insy Oe. once Il was not g.
Neylan sstss upon authority OF '-Des prepared 'oi
before The Dutch Governor brnefn Al ba'Alf Va -
~. In the beginning ~ the seye nieenh G. injury "n1b
tn trade win Japsn sn open one the export oi
ia sod silver ten millions OF Dutcn aprns -,
snuum aud up 70 loo when ths eapyIt "nsn U.s..
IN contracted was prohibited hltogsther us 's'os
-, have reached between three rnd siH n1nof'l
milton. Beside This enormous extraction ~ to1
80 s,iyer from japan. The Duten TOOK such quAn.ue'
- coou.r iron and steel tn-t In lIsO snsir ifsoh 70
Lf pn-t.l. va s3ridsed III, speech Of q --ysnes
.,ss.nan IN a cabinet council upon this SUBJ 81 h's
h..r ,eoort.d The cause Of our ifenc'nlp ~" me
aollandsrs" said hs. b. q trade ana ,ns usos - ~
-o,ted Nv eooyer II the one be eknsusro inc Dsnr'
-, ~ lst not wise then, % perpe,uAe our h.bo'
.niu by allowing only 90 mnen copper " DC $50 .
our mines m.y BE- soi- forever 20 'Io'ol ~ %
- 40, Ik. the hair Of men. which o-inE cut On grow
-. -, bYt on the contrary, rec mole he bones
vticb N taken away canpOs BE- replaced. coeh con-
"a -. nro3uc-d restriction from two vessels 40
nssy 10 Doe ADD such seems 20 % The direeuoo OF
n",c5 urogrss. with that people The sojsct sobns
.n of the Dutch the most humiisuog rrsctiOns oi
me Jspan.s- nss probably rst.oisned pf-ctorh' Iof
which r. spect 1ill BE- claimed from s1iiors Tor com
n,rcial privileges II suy spphralon oil tns Dst.fS shs
D. ever eutsrtsned but which esnnO' D, Jieioea "
ssy radon uot entirely befeis u sell respect
In. exclusion Of ell Christian nations from Jspsn D.,
s.n ~ 1871 ami 10 consequences u so uhiof'sn1" 10
tfrfer-uce Of tne PORTUGUESE Je'uis ~ta tn1 p,le
affair. VI III. Empire. Upon Occssi9n OF me ca"
Of ina, u-riod supposed oy some - nave been
/ ~ them the Jesuits With iess tnan in@ir u'as
| patronizsd ~hsi proved the ~1sN.f p-ly. -, =,
| ioHor,d IN ,hepher1s and shared common iaS. !"
/. ,sr,.n. al. 10 speculate upon tue pfoosD result 70
,bs Christian party bad DOT mo Daiep ifvn, ',' ~
orrn-,c,I Rivalry aided their s'erssres ou' esfsn
| ., "a tnat ~hsteyrr advantage ps''ec' VI
:. "a olsn. Of az enemy may give, The Hcsih-n
~, .~ioved BIZ The ss@nsy Of the Dutch The down
81 -, I-.uit. wa und0u0tecy acc erected oy th-ir
,,.r,os.pc. and 2resgmyren Pf-iensoos 70 indsp-n-
s ,,s,-lv inconssteut sim Jsp-n.ss ass srd Gus
-. nd eon,rugs and 6sris0u Of ma religion u hs
county had made inen odous - inst 2nrt'n Of the
,.ton ,ot prepared - soopt tn- ner tain - -xsp--
rd s-rs tne corqger0rs . t1s cOnduet Of the Cons
rsn. except f-N Portuguese. u 10 believed not 200
s.esved sneir fury P-u1ins tns ifeuzy The Dutch la
stalled themselves 10 the favor 4 the ,riemyhsst s-
TOO ssd shen mir enemies cisc1s-d 70 the J,psssse
fact tnsi tho Dutch TOO ~er- Christians they 90
bG,ted the Allegation By tram yns upon tbs ard
other noigui-s 10 The symbols sud forms Of the Ces
sn faith That tns japanese dismissed al fear OF the
Chssuity Of the Datcn. The Pss-ns indebted tc
the Dutch ~ vssse 10 pursus the surviving Chrisiisns
to the remote province Of srsors where lhey had axss