The hydraulic press., 1860-06-30
= coMMrRCTAL TRICK.

throsgh is President, Cabinet officers, Con-
/ eress ssd he people, has placed itself in .
most .epseheneisIs position towards the
Japsnese- The pssIic cannet fail to have
observed, .. perssing the A.IaHsic papers,
and the velaniDeus quotatieps of the Cali
fornia press bow nsch pains hare been taken
At Washington TO give the Embassy from
Japan pompous and nsgni6eent reception
An appropriation was made from the NatiosaI
Treasury, to signalise their arrival at the
metropolis with all the circumstance Of di-
plomatic splendor. They were accorded Ar
of6cial ovation at sight, and afterwards en-
testained in public and private circles, with
dances, music, promenades and excursions
The speeches of our most distinguished men,
including the President himself, were framed
| in terms Of honied laudation, to make the
swarthy Orientals believe themselves well
come, and to ascribe qualities to their Illus
trious nincompoop Of Tycoon: which they
very well knew he did mot possess
These Japanese ambassadors were told
that it would be greatly to their interests to
cultivate with the people of the United
States relations of amity and commerce !;
that they were just the folks to be made
happy by coming in contact with our hu-
| manising and ChristianisiBg influences that
we loved them very dearly, and many other
things, uttered through the medium of high
sounding expletives, and with scrupalous
pnnetilio, with view to pull the wool over
their diagonally-set eyes.
Now this, we contend, was all nothing
more nor less than bald falsehood and
cheat Are these Japanese any better than
the Chinese? and can they, after they have
been induced to emigrate to our shores, ex-
peet to be treated differently No, emphat-
ically, mol Lacking the Caucasian blood,
they never can take position amongst us as
equals. To be japanese and Mongolianr
is to forfeit all pretensions to such claim.
There is an eternal repugnance of feeling
in the mere presumption.
Why, then, should the Government Of the
|
!, What is the meaning of all this senseless
jargon and parade? 1t would be much bet
ter. and far more honorable, to undeceive
them at once, by telling them the truth, and
saying to them plainly, that the social and
political barriers intervening between the
two distinct bloods, are of such an insuper-
able nature as never to be removed or sur
mounted. Hwould be no more than simple
justice to inform them that the MOngolians
can acquire none Of the rights of citizenship
granted to the white foreigner who is adopt
ed under our laws; that they are neither
permitted to vote, to bold Office, to sit on the
same seat Of honor At public places, to be-
long to the secret or literary societies, nor
to testify in the courts of justice against a
white man.
So far, there is no evidence Of the Japan
ese Embassy having been apprised of these
facts. Our great men have made dupes Of
those composing it. The commercial inter-
esss involved are of such magnitude as to
render it advisable that a course of daplicity
should be pursued towards them. This is
the better accomplished by the plan that has
been adopted. They have been so constant
ly toasted, feted and excited by the wonder
full things going on Ground themr that they
, have had no opportunity to inquire about
! the facts, nor even to understand them, if q
. hurried explanation had even been attempted
, Thus they will return TO the ship provided
. for their conveyance, and returning home to
; Japan report the many marvellous sights they
saw, and the truly splendid manner in which
. they were entertained, without being aware
, of the existence of those prohibitory laws
with which it would have been their frst
and greatest duty to have made themselves
familiar.
This, we say, IS am outrage upon the Jap.
anese, and derogatosy to our national char.
acter; and the day will come to prove it
when we must stand convicted and abased
in the presence of all the enlightened coun.
: tries OF transatlantic Christendom. The
tactics of our Government are well under
!, stood at home, and must be equally transpa'
rent abroad Having no ties in common
with the Japanese, this jolly expedient tt
dereive them, has been interpreted to be. the
playing of upon them of a very clever com.
:, merciar trick.
EXPLAIN THE Hydraulic Press notices ou1
advent into its sanctsm over the caption Of
Hungry and Jaded' How's that? Didn
we firmly decline your tickets to soup? Dc
you mean to leave the Inference that we mus
have been hungry on general principles but
not so id hungry as to eat your grub p
!, Neuadd Journal
: Yes, you declined our invitation to soup
k which we couldn't help thinking rather sizLy
! and, taking the whole affair by and-large
!. we thought you exceedingly supercilious :
|. There is areigM in what we are now saying
: cry and jaded, you will scdite until yeu, arr
e asked to eat our grub. You must learn, a.
: Longellow hath it, to labor and to waitr