Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-14

among us. 1t Will be q pleasure to uS
to enter en- that consultation on inter-
national questions in which you say
you are authorized to engage. The
improvement of the commercial rela-
tions between our respective countries
is important and desirable, and cannot
fail to strengthen the ties which unite
us. I will heartily cooperate in 80 de-
sirable an object. 49,; -
Your kind wishes for me, personally,
gentlemen, are cordially reciprocated.
l trust that your abode with us may
he agreeable to You, and may contribute
to more intimate acquaintance and in
tercourse between our respective peo-
pie +:
THEIR RECEPTION 81 THE HOUSE,.
An immense assemblage was present
in the House of, Representatives
on Wednesday, to witness the re-
oeption of the Japanese Embassy. The
Speaker called the House to order at
eleven O'Clock, when, on motion of
Cox, the ladies who were unable 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 Of the Committee of Foreign
Affairs, accompanied by the Mofi,
Minister DeLong, and Consul Brooks.
The Ambassadors occupied the centre
of the group. The other Japanese
were arranged in the outer line, imme
diately in their rear.
Gen. Banks then formally presented
tho embassy to the House. The
Speaker addressed the visitors "a fol-
lows: "Your Excellencies On behalf
of the House of Representatives, I
welcome your Imperial embassy to this
hall. The reception which is thus ex-
tended to you so unanimously, 10
cordially, by the members of this body,
is significant of the interest which our
whole people feel in the rapidly devel-
oplng relations between the Japanese
and the American Republic. The
course of migration for the human race
has for many centuries been steadily
westward, course always marked by
conquest, too often by rapine. Reach
ing the boundary OF our continent. We
encounter the returning tide from your
country, setting eastward, seeking not
trophies of war but the more shining
victories Of peace. Those two currents
of population appropriately meet
and mingle on the shores
of the great Pacific Sea. It will be nv
pleasure to present to you personally
the representatives of the people. I
beg to assure you, for them and for
myself, that during your stay at our
capital you will be at all times welcome
to the privileges and courtesies Of the
floor"
Wakun proceeded to read, as if
chanting, 9 response in his own Ian.
guage. When he had finished Banks
read translation, which he asked to
have entered upon the Journal. The
response thanks the House of Repre.
sentatives for the honor of its courte-
sizes, and says:
Governments are stron9 when
built upon the hearts of On enlightened
people. We come for enlightenment,
and gladly find ii here. ] Journeying
eastward from tho empire of sunrise
toward sua-rising, we daily behold
a new sunrise beyond the one We before
enjoyed. New knowledge rises daily
before us. When our trip is complete.
and we shall have passed in review Of
the encircled globe, we shall
gather together our treasures of
knowledge, remembering that, how.
ever we have advanced toward the
sources Of light, each onward move has
revealed a further step beyond. The
government OF. Japan already appre.
ciates the value of an enlightened
policy towards itself and all nations.
You have our united assurances that