Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-01
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.9 tionai Capital.
I Washington, Sept. 2S.-The Chinese min.
lister was this morning formally received by
the, PRESIDENT, The ceremony was private,
it having been determined by the executive
department that there should be no devia-
ton from the usages as to other foreign
ministers, and it should not be made a pub
lie spectacle. The Chinese minister and
Others of the embassy called at the depart.
ment of state a few minutes befol D11, and
accompanied by Secretary Evarts, Assistant
Secretary Seward and Chief Clerk Brown,
proceeded to the executive mansion and en-
tered the blue room in. the following order {:
Mr.. Evarts, with Chen Ian Pin, minister /;
Mr.. Boslitt, the American secretary of the
legation, with Mr.. Yea, the Chinese secreta.
~, and the two interpreters following. All
the Chinese were in their national costumes.
The parties were ranged as follows on one
side of the blue room the two ministers in
front Of their secretaries and Interpreters
sllghtlyinaa the rear, the members Of the
cabinet Messfs. Secretary Devens, McCrary
and Evarts, together with Assistant Secre-
tary Seward, Assistant Postmaster General
Tyner, and the presidents private secretary,
Mr.. Rogers, being in q curve facing the Chi.
'nese. The president then entered and took
. position near the ministers, bowling to
them as he dds The minister then read
to the president an address in Chinese, after
which he delivered his credentials. These
were encased int circular paper case COW
cred with Chinese characters. They were
written with black ink IN thick yellow
paper, dotted and embossed with gold, and
wrapped in a square piece of yellow silk.
The following is an exact tra~nslation of
the credentials.
The Emperor Of China to the President
of the United States of America, greeting /:
Since the interchange of treaties between
your government and China relations of
amity and good will having been uniformly
and successfully maintained. it is now our
pleasure to especially appoint Chen Ian Pin
decorated with the peacock feather, wearing
the button of the second rank, president Of
the board of sacrifice, to reside II your cap
ital as envoy extraordinary and. Yeng Wing,
wearing the button of the second rank, in
of circuit, as assistant envoy; and
it is also our pleasure that they beat liber-
~ to 60 and come 3 OCCASION mly require.
We are fully assdfed1 That Chen Ian Pin and
his assistant are just, honorable men, and
trust that in the discharge of their diplo-
matte duties they will give mutual s~atisfac.
ton. Having, by the win Of heaven, sue
ceeded to our great patrimony, Va regard,
discrimination, China and allforeien
Is members of one family, and We
desire that henceforth the relations with
your government may Be further strengthen
ed and that both nations may enjoy lasting
peace, which 10 our sincere hope.
(Signed) KwAN0 SHII Nv.
Year, frtt month, 25th day, Feb. Is 1873.
Yeng Wing read = TRANSLATION Of the minis
teF's speech, in which the emperor Of China
.afutes The president and hopes his admins
trstion may be one OF. single success, and
that friendly and amicable relations between
the two countries may be firmly established.
The president in answer, sid he hoped
The establishment Of the Chinese legation at
M s,r.sgs ~, ySa;a cement al .hs friendly IDLY i'm in;
be the means 81 removing whatever difficult
ties and Of solving whatever questions may
arise between the two nations.