, 1859-11-21

To this Mr.. Ward replied. that while he ell !
tcrtailcd the greatest respect for bis Majesty, |
and in tina. only felt what tic President hiii-
self had expressed in tic letter Of wllcl lAc was
the bearer, tic wished to declare in the plain
est terms that, highly as he would regard an
audience, and important rs he deemed it under
the present circumstances still he had never
asked it, and tic treaty said nothing about
it, hut lie wonld not knccl when he came be-
fore the .lroDc; he could only salute his Maj
cs,v as Ae did his own ruler, and rs Ministers
Of The United States did the sovereisns Of a]l
other nations When they saw them. lie
k.ltlt only rs Ill act Of worship before God,
and would never do 50 l,elorc anv f1an They
were sul,jccts Of the Emperor aud must obey
lis ritual: but he represented 4 nation whose
dignity lie could not compromise by such
compliance: and furthermore, true respect
must ulwaya proceed from tic heart, and il
| tile outward ceremony was not voluntary 1t
| | was hypocrisy. lie would bow very low, and
even niuo Times if that would add 10 the So
, lcucnitr in their view: or lc would stand un-
!. covered during the whole audience, while tic
+ Emreror sat Moe than this he would never
williasly perform: while this lorm OF sa1''-'
ta.ion exhibited all the respect lo felt towards
tic President, which they must themselves
, | acknowledge mas quito as great rs ho could
il feel towards the Emperor G: China.
The Commissioners u swcred that It they
0. verc in the Eni.cl States they would COL
form 10 any requirements nale Of them ut an
audience with the President. and that the
=. American Minister ought to act on the rrinc'-
bic in their country: that they could not show
:. y r,snect to their sovereign otherwise than by
krcyline, tor anything short Of that was abso.
~ lately nothing in their estimation. aud ~ou!s
b. deemed so by the Emperor: lie would re
. gard It as an tnd:suity for Minister From
friendly natioa to conc to bis capital and re
- fuse to see him, wI,o.i he required 50 uucl
Lass Of him than lse did Of his oTn court1crs be
Z s;,f,a which the President would be ot1ende'
viii. him for not .howirg proper respect to b
Enyoy In soale European courts, eTca IN tn
* | Eoc(sa persons knelt before the sorcrclg
II wieu p,cseutea to him, and it is no more dc
r,-,torrt to 10 - here than tltere. They dl
MT hesitate to say that they regarded III
me- hor7ape maid their monarch as Of the sanc Sol
cta f-irc to ..o1s, and would even bum incense
es sss, the President, IS well as make the kotau
'eld him. if required at Washington, in order
y manifest entire rcspect- "fou arc p'emI,
- teu,iasy," said Hwashana, turning TO n
- Ward, and certainly have full powers TO
% Euch m acl-' -, .t.,...
at ,atI to cua.lc me- to change the laws and usages
nag EQUHQY, au0 CauuQ% W N4%At ~ NoS@-
e. e. IT, w:a. Nj. Wards reply.
from .,,, p,r>.- nr Ertits-ErrP NOT 70 BE OTERC0t
hers 4Ah Ao4-'' '" >,
rcat8 rr,a Chinese Commissioners we're obliged
dell AZ -. -. 49,. -,,z.:,c, ,.osider
SUI 20 OHt Twelve IHAes " A's ea4b'sa
rtty r. >~.n+n.,ninr.yucu to reDOtt to His M1Jes
< CAL -, AeA - 9...s.t. x.-...t ~ &forn n
Z nut who was TasSloss lAe HUI htaI0eA .ASt7 =
- m 1eply xns expected from them till tho Il
- lut tic nc1t morning, the Judge. with col
ncy ante', .enns y; IL I'D cone from tic sum-
4. psiaee, % where he and the Commissioners e $.
: e.: len al night, with plan which be thou
s I1 Z wop1d succeed. This was that they should
:5sst dreas Mr. Ward letter stating tzat the