Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-18

being, the on repeated error, "that they
scc no harm In H." 3" i''1r7-"
We hsve known foreigners invited by
Japanese 10 q feast, who, instead Of being
received, as they expected, st the house OF
the host were taken to very different
kind OF place where feasting and other
pleasures were As we'll obtained without
| htends Introduction rs with 1t, by those
who possessed \ silver key. And the re-
markablo thing is, that they thought the
foreigners liked 10. When assured TO the
contrary, there was no invitation 70 their
own. houses. No; the native and the
| foreigner are hardly any nearer to social
familiarity than before the treaties were
made. 80 i D. asis .'" 'd' POI iesI
ofthe soldierclass, officers or privAtes,a as
little is known. They are oNeutimes very
curious I'm their examination Of every
house to which they can obtain an en-
trance and not only Of the house Itself,
but everything In II. Among them.
selves It would be the height OF bad
breeding TO enter persons house
| without taking of the long sword--yet
few 40 tt when they ask permission to
look over q foreigners domicile. They
are rarely more than civil, and sometimes
rude. They have nothing TO offer IN re.
turn for forelgners' friendship. As to
| Princes, there are, a few gentlemen who
have seen Daimios, face to face, and con
versed with-them. There are fewer still,
who have been admitted within the walls
OF aDaimiO's castle; but they who have
seen them sN NJIaiIis may al be summed
up Ia great round o. The kAroos or
ether officers OF Daimtos have occasionally
condescehded to spend an hour or two at
foreigners house more particularly in
Nagasaki But however Tree and pleas
ant may be the intercourse on such occa-
Sions, the caution, hAbitual TO che race, is
evor' present with them, and they either
show reserve or lead astray, whenever
politics or business become the topics Of
conversation, Surely then, we may say
that the Japanese are mystery
But may they not return the compli.
mentS We make more show openly but
practically we are just as difficult to com.
prehend. As rule, we do not turn good
servants away without moments notice.
II we wished TO entertain q Japanese
merchant we should not ordinarily take
him TO q restaurant or elsewhere, but we
should do what we could to entertain him
At home. But still We are not very familiar
with them. We are quite satisfied that
some time must elapse before there can
be any cordlality Of intercourse but II
would be gratifying to us all if the Japan.
ese would only get rid of the notion that
nothing but what is lewd or coarse is ap
proved of by us. Then we might have
some chance of becoming better &C
J quainted with them, aud we might gradu
} ally cease to be q mutual mystery, iIt
: We think that the greatest hope of oul
becoming better acquainted Is, that ther'
!, are number OF young men, who hav,
taken to wearing foreign habits, and ar,
!, fast imblbing them. These are sometime
t welcomed to the houses of gentlemen, an,
II 1t be that we do not yct.see any grea
! effects produced, still, as time rolls on, W
shall perceive them more and more--th
i corners will be worn down, and, sooner O
. later, big step will be made. 2" ~
, Among the upper crust of Japan, preju
dlces are 80 strong that 1t is almost absur,
:. TO speak Of the ice being broken will
: them. But greater changes than that hav
already taken place, and we have only I
y wait ITO See what we shall see.n Som,
d thing like wedge has been inserted b
the admission of certain of our medicc
It into Daimios' houses and one, in particl
y lar, is, we know, an immense faYorite, an
., his name a kind of household word |
5, every house he has entered. tc..-t
d AS Tor ourselves, with all their peculiar
ties and incomprehensibility we like tn
). Japanese; and if ever tho day come
/ when they shall be as straight forward i
6 fact as they appear to be on the surface
0 we know no race that have finer qualities
Probably that day might be hAstenod
they saw that the light Of foreigners 8
shone before them, as to set them Q goo
example, AS 1t is, we fear that the dali
:. Inconsistencies exhibited before then
must give them apoor opinion of our siu
Q cerity and integrity; and may lead then
: to retort in similar language to ours
Q "These foreigners are perfect mystery
0 us.--JdpdA Gazette.