The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-06-06

Pienipotentisry and Envoy Extraordinary, o
the first rank, and Ohih KAng and sun Obi
With Messrs. j. MoIesry Brown, I'M Mo na'n 4,
Champs, hrst and second secretaries, and si,
native Interpreters, were presented to tn,
Roo% n ,S BY Es,ss wsTS In the Blue
The announcement that the Embassy woult
| be presented drew q large crowd OF ladies' ant
gentlemen at the whits:House, who expected
they were sadly disappointed, as no one wal
allowed In the Blue parior except the mem.
bert OF the Cabinet, tall OF whom were present.
the prssentasion Of their credentiais Nj. Bur
lingame addressed tho President as follows.
,, MR., Ps ,sa ~ you had not siready
eTsa me W. rom 81 tg Kindly r.
| on the present occasion would be to explain
to you how It 10 that I, who left this capital
seven years ago minister OF the United States
from China to the United States. You will
permit me, trust, to renew 10 this formal
manner the expression Of my thanks for the
of representative character and responsibility
| on my part has been allowed by the America
people. President, the Imperial Chinese Gov.
secepted the laws OF nations as they are Al,
lowed and practiced by the Western Powers,
that Government has further concluded, II
permitted, to enter Into communication,
the United states, Belgium, Denmark, France,
Great Britain, Holland, Italy, North Germany
Russia, Spain and Sweden: This desire oil
letters addressed to those Powers, respec.
lively. We are charged at the expense Of
| what might bear the appearance of egotism,
s say that there are nine , oiicsl ranks In
sible. respect to the Western Powers, the let.
| tiers to which refer were committed to the
care Of myself q the frat rank, and to Chih
| self being invested with extraordinary and
/ plen ipotentiary functions, and all OF US being
| accredited to you as high Ministers and En-.
voys.
We have now the honor to deliver the letter
Of his Imperial Majesty, which 10 thus ad.
dressed to the President Of the United Slater.
doins 80 We Os'y charge give, by the
desire for your personal health, honor, and
happiness, and for the welfare and prosperity
Of the great nation over whom, by the author
side.
To which the President replied a. follows:
YoUR ExoKLLENcIEs: States, like Individual
activity, the one domestic, the other social.
II II be true, as.I trust 1t Is, that the several
political communities OF the earth are now
Psped e1ssfsS t tSs, at %ny
situations and law, It certainly 10 not less
manifest that they are zealously engaged in
meliorating and perfecting assistance Of inter.
national inter course and commerce. The ap-
pearance here Of this, the first mission from
China to the Western nations Is, In this re-
spect, not more singular than 1t 10 suggestive.
ence foreign nations generally evinced hesits.
ton, caution, aud reserve, not to say Jealousy,
In regard to advances Of the United States.
OF late these features have seemed to disap-
pear. There remains scarcely one civilized
and regularly constituted state with which
ship.
So far from seeking to impose letters upon
our commerce, as heretofore, nearly all nations
now invite us to establish free trade. Our
national thought, that the American continent
mate establishment Of Independent American
Vigorous and weli.ests6iished European
powers now freely cede to US for fair eguiys.
hemisphere as we ind desirable for strength
and commerce. The inherent right OF man to
choose and change domicil and allegiance, q
ceded In our recent treaties. These changes,
although not less important, are less striking
than the extension Of our friendly intercourse
opened reciprocal and equal intercourse with
Greece, with the Ottoman Porte, and with
Japan. China having accepted the laws of
nations IS they are explained In our own APP
proved 90 mpila ton now avails herself through
your mission Of our friendly introduction to
the Christian States of Europe and America.
These events reveal the pleasing fact Of rapid
the nations, resulting from general sus-
pension Of the policy Of war and conquest,
and the substitution OF q fraternal and benevo.
have not failed to appreciate the sasscity with
which the Chinese Empire have responded to
this change Of policy BY the Christian nations
and emily htened adoption Of that policy by the
Western nations acting In concert with the
United states, especially by Great Britain,
mark, Sweden, Holland, and Belgium.
deem II not unworthy Of this occasion to
bear witness to the merit of the representative
eliminated in bringing the Empire Of China so
early and so directly into the family circle Of
civilized nations-namely,. Prince, King, and
Wenshian, on the part of China; yourself, Mr..
the lamented Sir Frederick Bruce on the Brit,
ish part; Mr.. Berthemy on behalf Of France;
and Messrs. Balluzeck and vlaugally on the
which has thus prevailed hitherto, feel my.
self justified, on this occasion, not only In Civ
Ing you cordial reception here, but also In |
assuring you OF welcome equally cordial by |
tied.
In conclusion, l trust that the Intelligent
and enlightened Chinese Government and ,
people Will allow me to build upon this days !
transaction an expectation that their great
Empire, instead Of remaining, as heretofore,
merely passive, will henaeforth be induced to
utilization. There are several lines OF navi-
cation between Europe and China; citizens OF |
the United States have already constructed a
road across the Isthmus OF Panama, with line
OF steam service across the Pacific ocean, In
two or three years more there will be added to
these facilities OF Intercourse the Pacific
railroad across our own continent, and . ship
across the Isthmus OF Suez. But there will
yet remain, besides all these, and more i'm
portant than all OF them, the great work OF
be CONSTRUCTED across the Isfhmus Of Darien.
To doubtthe feasibility Of such work would
imply an ignorance Of the science and the
wealth OF the age 10 which we live. Your i'm
portant mission will enable yon to contribute
largely to the achievement OF that great enter
prise. I respectfully invite you, therefore, to
commend It to the favor OF the United States
China and the several European States to
which you are accredited.
PROPERTY TRASsFERs.-The following real
Rnss ,Sn sstss nave been reported
ols at tt27 boj part OF lot 10, In square $50, at
j 500; % lilo acres, partly In Montgomery and
'aStly IL Washington county Ct 90, soo part
qusre 535, at tl25; lot l, part OF lots and Q,
md all OF lot 8, In square 427, at tis,7oO.
Another New WHARF.-Mr +. l.. Fay
laying leased the Ninth.street wharf property,
hat gentleman has just entered into a con-
ract with Mr.. A. M. Maynard to construct .
nd Tenth streets. The work will be rapidly
pushed forward, and when completed will be
great convenience and add much to the i'm.
rovement Of that part Of the city.
The WAsHINGToN COOPERATIVE AssoCIA.
ION met In special meeting last Thursday
light at the store, +s7 Ninth street, for the puf.
ose OF closing up the afsirs Of the associa-
on. Only a small number were present.
tops were taken to advertise the stock and
Stures for sale, and at ten O'Clock the meeting
dJourned to Monday evening.