New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-13
Nany persons under TIE frst impulse Of dis.


! Many persons under tie Srst impulse Of disap-
po.ntnent were strongly induced TO pronounce
/ Com. Perry's treaty oi'h japan falldre and
delusion But the events Of four year, have abun
daytly established tue wisdom Of Com Perry, While
be absolutely insisted upon treaty Of some sort 10
dtcliuirg to press the rlucteut Japanese too haId
and in b,ipg content With entering wedge, leav-
ing il for tine and events to drive that wedge TO
the head. And to tie head it has been driven, aud
we are happy to say by the judicious management
and practical good serse of an American citizen,
with nothing to back him beyond appeals to the
intcllg. nee Of tie japanese, reinforced by their
recollection OF Com. Perrys 'isit aud the impress
sion thus made upon then of American detcrnlini
tion aud power.
TIE first arrival Of Commodore Perry near
Yeddo--tor every tody will double the d, in spite
of TIE Japsnesc, whose alphabet ia syll1bic, each
syllable Fl ding in vowel, and who them;elyes
write Jedo-was ON the eth Of Jull, 1858. The
Presdent's letter TO the Emperor @as formal!
delivered 90 tho 4tb. To give tue japanese Court
time to deliberate answer, aud to save biG
self tue perplcxity Of protracted delays, Com
mcdore Perry then LETT the Bay (to the inioite
satisfaction Of The Japsnese) but proposing to re-
turn in the Spring for an brswer. lie did return
on the l2th Of February, fe5i. On the 9Th Of
March be met the J.p.nese Commissioners, and
the tn aty wss signed ~ the 3lst. The Powha.au
arrived ut Siuota and completed the exchange Of
ratification February 81, 1853.
! This treaty, it will be recclected, merely pro-
vidcd that the port Of Sinoda, inconyenient and
dangerous Fosdste;d In the rocky, barren and out
| ofthe way province Of Idsu, and tho mnch
better haIbor of Habodidi on the Straits Of
Sunear, but far removed from the center Of japan
ese trade ard population, should be open for tbe
reception Of American ships where they can be
"eupplied with wood, water, provisions and cod,
| "ana other articles their necessities re-
"quire, as far as the japanese have
"lbem," tariff Of price. 10 be agreed
upon aud payIeent TO De made in gold and silver
coin. 1t was also agreed that ships Of the United
States resortirg 10 these two ports might be per
mitted 10 exchange "g0ld and silver coin and
articles of goods for otner srtlcles of goods Du,
this exchange was to be subject TO suct regulations
rs the japanese Government might establish; aud
! take place only through :he agency Of Japaaeso
! Govern ment officers. American visitors were
| limited to circuit of sixteen miles re I'D Sinoda
and about twelve round Hakodsdi Under this
| treaty the Jspsnese Government cOntcnded, and
truly, that no American had any giett to SETTLE
permanently in either of the poIts for the purpose
Of suppl, ing vessels with goods not Japinese
productions, or for any other purpose, nor TO make
ANYTHING more thsn transient visi,s, coming aad
going with ship. They also contryed to pu. a
severe restraint upon trade. or ever he purchase
| Of supplies, by insisting that our coin instead
of possessing value compared with theirs, corre-
| spondug 10 its weight, n )ud be considered only
as bullion-tho effect Of which was, elier the
peculiar system Of Japanese currency, to make our
SILVER dollars CORE pond TO japanese CONS Of onl!
third of their Vt ignt, while tee value of our gold
coins was diminished half as muce more.
| Little, however, az the japanese CONCEDED 20 u.s.
the British Admiral SttrlIrg. who Visited Nangasa
ki with three steamers shd frsaie 10 g. ptcmber,
l-5i subseque 1T to our treaty, was content with
even less. BY the short treaty which h, iOrmei
the ports of Napgasaki and HakodAdi were to be
open TO the British "fer tee purpose Of efie ;ting
repairs Al obtaining fresh water, provisions and
otter supplies ef any sort they mag absolutely
"w,nt" There wss indeed clause giving the
British the privileges Of the most favored nation
except the Dutch AID Chinese-under .oh 'ch they
Nigh, claim to share the privileges of oar treaty
heh We, by virtue Of similar clause IN our treaty
obtained BY this British treat! admission q Nan
cssski.
Se,ersl Americsr vo!sges were undertaken to
Japan, but the sdvensurers returned for tn" mos.
part dFeusted and dissatisfied, complaining Of the
otstacss pat in their way and OF the ~orthessness
| of S,,nods 60 far as commerce Was Concerned.
| Meanwhile. however, scUe new concessions OBJ
taiped By the Dutch seemed to intimate some relax
alton on the part Of the japanese Government o'
its hereditary opposition to foreign intercourse.
On the Goth Of JaHusry. rew treaty was signed