The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-09
Japan-The Tycoon nnd Milsado.
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t. anpears quito likely that, after all our care In
making treaties with Japan, tho work is wasted
and will have to be done over again. we nave
treated with tile wrong man: The tycoon, 1t seems,
is not the tycoon, but somebody else S sotS t 9.
counterfeit tycoon, whom the dianlios and tner
subjects GILL the shosoon, and who, according 70
the Japan Times, is only the 'sgenerallssimo, and
the Fourth subject in the empire" The tycoon
shipis tho civil executive ruership OF Japan "nicn
is similar in its functions to those vested in the
King of Prussia or the Emperor of Russia. These
FUNCTIONS properly rest in the mikado, who is also
the spiritual ruler, or pope, of Japan. In Short
the maikado is the spiritual and temporal emperor
Of Japan. He is acknowledged as such by sll the
daimios, and so reverenced and obeyed by the
people The shogoon, or counterfeit tycoon, With
whom the United States, England and france
have treated, is but q subject, without authorltS
to bind any part Of Japan but his own-let us call
it daimioship for want of better name. AS
:.generalissimo" he occupies position toward the
mikadoand the empire about Like that which Gen.
Grant holds in this country. Or course TINS ONCE,
Mhchs designated by the Japanese oy ene enMre MG,
by treaties The treaty y-making power Is vested IN
the mikado and his minister's.
The CIVIL war which has recently been raging be-
tween Choisiu, daimio OF Nagato, and the sho-
latter to enforce the stipulations OF his treatles
cupon the Subjects OF Choisiu who as he had per
feet right under the laws Of his country rebellod,
and defended his territory by force OF arms. ln-
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siu's duty to oppose the usurpipg tycoon. He did
oppose and defeat him and quite recently Satsu-
ma and Choisiu have entered into an alliance to
oppose any further usurpations from tho iedo
Government. Into this alliance the, prospect now
is that very nearly all the daimios, great and
small will soon enter, and then, Of course: no part
f:the empire OF Japan will be under treaty ar
engagements with the western powers, but the sun
ole daimioshlp Of the slogoon at fedo. This IN
clu3es,. we believe, TIE three towns-Iokohama,
:. .Xanafawa (which is on the opposite side OF the
,bay from Yokohama) and Nagasaki.
Stotsbashi, the present ishogoon, fully comprG,
hends the stnstion and it is beloved that ne VIII
surrender all pretentions to the tycoonship as
soon as the mikado can be prevailed upon TO takc
upou himself their active dItles, which the spf1tu-
al emperors have neglected for more than centu-
. n, and which, from that cause, have been oAer-
cised by the shogoons. To effect this cnange,
St0tsbsshi has called conference OF dalmios lor
princess to meet him some time next spring. 10
This conference the foreign minister's VIII aso Do Do
invited, and, In all probability, new trea1es WI
result from It, in which the mikado instead OF tne
shogoon, Will figure as the high contracting part
on the part OF Japan; and that the dalm1os Will al
acduiesce in what he does. a correspondent OF tnc
Yokohama Times, writing from Nagasali, Jan; l,
1857 states that it is the wish OF the present sno
poon TO turn over his treaty business to the kaoo
and that ho Will make earnest effort to !ndnce
that potentate ere long, to emerge rom ms IN
glorious obscur1ty and take up tho burden OF gov
!, ernment which bis ancestors carried. and which
. only the folly and laziness Of some OF them ever
allowed to lapse on tho shoulders OF the shogoon:
These political movements, If consummated, VIII
end the civil wars and greatly enlarge the trade OF
o.ths empire with the treaty powers OF tho west'