Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-14

This in former timcs would have been cptire y
9sSoid Of interest 70 u.s. but, considering our al
tered relations With that hitherto nearly sealed
eItnpirss The fsst that large and Imposing en-
kessy iron that distant land, has recently been
feesivsd wish great pomp at our national capital.
which gave earnest IN The hops that we should
heuoeforth enjoy peculiar commercial privileges
with that nation,--ihe news OF the assassination
LOT the Tycoon IL invested with considerable i'm
por,ancc. The old Tycoon, with whom our trea-
ity was ratified. diel several months ago but the
circumstance was kept concealed from the public
for long time. Ills successor was u youth not
more than seventeen years Of age. and has been
murdered probably by the conscrvative.-or what
We would call in this country. old fogy party
who cling to the old laws, aud are uncompromis-
Iingly opposed to the opening Of foreign inter
course, or the exchange of commercial treaties
with other nations. It is more than probable.
that the circumstance Of the departure Of m en-
bassy to this country nstigatcd the deed as. from
the intelligence which has reached os. the assas-
sinaton must have taken place very soon after
our guests left their native land. What the ef-
feet of this altered condition Of affairs will be, it
not improbable however, that it will tend to re-
soyo things back to their original condition and
perhaps il the revolutionsts should be, or have been
entirely successful may prevent the ambassadors
from returning 10 their country. tits well known
to those who have given any attention to the his
tory Of this remarkable nation. that it was not
until the sixteenth century that it had any inter-
course whatever with the nations Of the European
continent; aud that the Portuguese were the first
to open commercial relations with them, which
lasted for period Of about fifty years. during
which time they had unrestricted access to all
parts of the empire. Owing however, to the cx-
actions Of the Jesuits, who had gained foothold
in the country, and their meddng in political
affairs apprehensions were excited that this
close union with the strangers, and the influence
Of the new religion would tend to subvert thehn-
cent order of things. Accordingly, q revolution
was fomen,cd, and then, AS now. the old rulers
were dcposcd. Various and severe prosecutions
were visited upon the foreign well az native
Christians, until tho former were expelled, and
the latter extcrminatcd or subdued. In 1887. the
missionaries were banishcd forever. In 1910,
three years afterwards the Portuguese made
last attempt to recover their lost ground, by send
ing an embassy. consisting of seventy-nine indi-
viduals, TO open a new commercial intercourse.
But, by orders from the Court, these mon were oil
put To death, with tho exception of thirteen
whom the maj istrntes sent back with the follow
ing mandate: --"YOu are to inform your fellow
citizens that henceinrth tho citizens Of japan
will not receive either money, merchandise or Pre-
sents from them you that We have burnt the
very clothes Of your dead countrymen. Let your
people use in tho same manner any OF ours who
may fall into their bands make them wei
come, and desire they will think no more Of the
japanese than If there were such nation in
the world" And On chest containing the dead
bodies was written :--"llcnceforward NO long as
the sun shall shine upon the earth, let not my
Christian be so daring ny to set his foot in Ja-
pan"
The Dutch, however. succeeded afterwards, hy
denying, it is said. the firth of their fathers, and
by assuming the most submissive department, -
most stringent regulatiuns; but no other atoms
have enjoyed commercial privileges with tina, ra-
Ions people In view Of the developments iust
now made. it is therefore prob'ematcal whether
We have gained any decided advantage from tho
events 10 which no much Importance has been Mt
taohsd.