Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-11
Sflisesllautt.
From Hours at Home
Something. about .JaDaII,

that which IS furnished by the thought Of
our relations to Japan. 1t Is only fifteer
years since Perry started with his squa Il
ron to break the silence and Secusion il
which, for centuries this hermit nation
had buried itself; and many readers can
recall something Of the intense interest
and curiosity which attached 10 his ro-
mantle expedition Now that the world
has been % thoroughly tracked and trod-
den over and every continent and island OF
the sea explored. it would be difficult tc
reproduce the romance which invested the
departure Of the squadron it was like
some adventurous quest OF oldcn times
rather than nineteenth century reality
OF the lands toward which this voyage ot
rc-discoyerY was directed. only enough was
known to stimulate the curiosity Of the
world and 10 rive zcst to It's appetite for
fuller knowledge E.nterprising naviga-
tor>. coa-ling along the shore, Of Niphon
or Of Ic-~o, had caurnt glimpse Of the
people and their busy life Now and then
som. ~hipwrecled brother who had
been cast away on these inhospitabc coasts,
had been cazai and carried on "a reluctant
pilgrimage through the interior; and il,
after while, he escaped, he had a strange
story 10 TELL ia which complaints Of dole
tIl captivity were mingled with admira-
tIon a the beauty OF the country and the
peculiar civilization oi the people. Be
sides All this. we had old k;cmpfer'> his
tory, oi Two centuries ago and We might
zee through Dutch -pectaeie~' IL we would
aba.e ourselves - go f. "hlt TINS strange
empire wa "here II touched the outer
N'Flu dt -Na9asaAI- but TINS was nos
eh5'-'- or t"o centuries these islands
had h'en lHi'>l as much out oi the world
~ Il tnc long waves ol the Paelhc mad
rolled over them. instead OF breaking
against '-i1'i'- men our ne" "ofld on
tHc western HA"fe~ ol the -Ntlahtlc rose
1,'i'ei''t i't' history tins Oh "ofla ON
tho western -Aoft oil the faelhc- u sud-
'''i'4f "7tl l'ea'''i- ne curtain l1iI upon
N'''' '' ".''''ii1sS' ol 'ei.c,' ,oil'
"I''N'i' ~ ''i' i'iociou> Ie'eh-e- Inc last
~!4ht "hitA iAt world had oI Japan was al
ima3arra. where the Christian converts
Nhoh lA" portuguese missionaries had
gained a'" VINO eoiid not he Drought ~
menace or tF torture 10 diNaNo" tnelf
'di'n' were N'-''-iiiiIl-y AleIillliiated " ".''
maui '"e 7'iS ',i'I9 -li-S'iS "d9 - S.e 'ir
HleIteid4t Hulch lFt'efS' "h'9t cil0icc o'
ihalniiioh before ''"d was perhaps 'he la"-'
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't inc ufe.liilui CRIME "lth active ana ei'i-
'i'h, conn vance
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'f'c.iNe "- o-' Pu''i ''lii"9cllt'ii' i Inc
performance oi 'A. joe4Lef~ VINO have come
anV a'' -t..l coming HI successive coMpa-
me-. It'ih ar""- iia,e we nor an seen
'.i'.r i'i'"I' 't1e0' anu ne"fu 'nelf i"e'r
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