The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-03-14

Reception in the House of
Representatives - Immense
Crowds Present-Highly In.
IereSting Occasion.
WASHINGTON, March 6.

An immense assemblage was pres
ent in the House Of Representatives
to witness the reception of the ia.
panese Embassy.
The Speaker called the House to
order at II o'clock, when, on mo-
ton of Mr.. Cox, ladies who were un-
able to find places in the gallery
were admitted to the floor.
The visitors were announced at the
main door, where they came into
the hall, escorted by Gen. Banks,
and other members fthe Committee
on Foreign Affairs, and accompanied
by Mori, Minister DeLong, and
Consul Brooks. The ambassadors
occupied the centre of the group.
The other japanese were arranged
in the outer line, Immediately in
their rear.
Gen. Banks then formally present
ed the Embassy to the House. The
Speaker addressed the visitors as
follows:
"YoUR EXCELLENCIEs-On be-
half of the House Of Representatives,
1 welcome your Imperial Embassy
to this hall. The reception which
is thus extended you so unanimous
ly and so cordially by members of
this body, is significant of the inter-
est which our whole people feel in
the rapidly developing relations be-
tween the Japanese Empire and the
American Republic. The course of
migration for the human race has
for many centuries been steadily
westward--a course always marked
by conquest and too often by rapine.
Reaching the boundary of our
continent, we encounter the return
ing tide from your country setting
eastward, seeking not the trophies
of war, but the more shining victo-
ries of peace. These two currents
ofpopulation appropriately meet and
mingle on the shores of the great
Pacific sea. 1t will be my pleasure
to present to you personally the
representatives of the people. 1 beg
to assure you, for them and myself,
that during your stay at our capital
you will be at all times welcome to
the privileges and courtesies of the
floor"
Iwakura proceeded to read, as if
chanting, a response in his own Ian
guage. When he had finished, Mr..
Banks read translation which he
asked to have entered on the journal.
The response thanks the House Of
Representatives for the honor of its
courtesies, and says:
"Governments are strong when
built upon the hearts of enlightened
people. We came for enlighten-
ment, and gladly find it here.
Journeying eastward from the EN-
pire of Sunrise toward sunrising, we
daily behold q new sunrise beyond
the one we before enjoyed. New
knowledge rises daily before US.
When we have completed the trip
we shall have passed in review the
encircled globe. We shall gather to-
gether our treasures of knowledge,
remembering that however we have
advanced toward the sources oi
light, each onward move has reveal
ed further step beyond.
"The Government of Japan has
already appreciated the value of the
enlightened policy toward itself OF
all nations, but our united assur.
ances on our return will confirm to
the people at large the friendliness
of feeling so frequently expressed
heretofore, and now so generally ex-
hibited to the Embassy. In the
future an extended commerce will
unite our national interests in g
thousand forms, as the drops of wat
er commingle, flowing from our sew
eral rivers to that common ocear
that divides our countries. Let u
express the hope that our nationa
friendship may be as difficult t.
sunder or estrange, as it would be II
divide the once blended drops com
posing our common Pacific Ocean.
The address was received will
applause.
The introductiOns then proceeded
for half an hour, after which tn
> visitors repaired to the Senate ant
remain ed there for Il few minutes
They came and left without cere
| mOny.