Year: 1879

elShers wnich nave now attained such hourisnlnB
conditon, our countrymcn have always cherished u
good feeling for people and look upon them
than on any other foreign nation their true friends
moreover. II was during the happy times q your
Presidency that the two countries became more
closely acquainted and connected. and almost every
improvement that has been made in country
may be traced TO the example and lessons received
from yours For years past not only our Minister
but any of our countrymen who went to your
country, was received with hospitality and courtesy.
II is therefore impossible that our countrymen
should now forbear from giving expression to their
qualification and gratitude.


Your visit to shores is one of those rare events
that happen once in u thousand years. Ihe citizens
OF Toxic consider 1t great honor that they have
been afforded the opportunity Of receiving you as
their guest and they cherish the hope that this
event will still more cement the friendship between
the two nations in the future We nov offer you


THE TOXIC RECEPTION COMMITTEE.


The I'D July. 1879.


RESPONSE TO THE ADDRESS


General Grant said


GkSTLEMEN-l Am very much obliged for this kind
reception. and especially for address. 1t af-
lords great pleas to visit Toxic. have been
days in Japan, having several points of
interest in the interior and the inland have
been gra,ed to witness the prosperity and advance
nient of which had heard SO much, and in which
my countrymen have taken 30 deep an interest.
am pleased to hear your kind expressions toward
the United Stases. We have no sentiment there
that is not friendly to Japan, that does wish her
prosperity and independence and a continuance on
her part of her noble policy. The knowledge that
your country Is prosperous and advancing IL most
gratifying to the people of the United States. 1t il
my slncere wish that this friendship may never be
broken. For this kind welcome to the capital OF
japan am again very much obliged.


IN THE PALACE


At the close of the address the General was led to
his carriage-the private carriage OF the Emperor.
As he stepped out several Japanese officials met him
among others was His Excellency ]. Pope Hennessy.
the British Governor of Hong Kong. whose guest
the General had been. The General shook hands
warmly with the Governor who said he came q
British subject to be among those who welcomed
General GRAFT to Japan. The Generals carriage
drove slowly in. surrounded by cavalry, through
lines of infantry presenting arms. through dense
mass Of people. under arch Of flowers and ever
greens. until amid the flourish OF trumpets and the
beating Of drums. ho descended at the house that
had been prepared for his reception-the Emperor's
summer palace Of Eurio Kwan.


REFINEMENT COURTESY.


The japanese, with a refinement of courtesy quite
French in its way. solicitous that General
Grant should not have any special honors in Japan
until he had seen the Emperor. 1t felt that as
the General was the guest of tho nation he should
be welcomed to the nation by it's chief. They were
also anxious that the reception should take place
the Fourth OF July. Their imaginations had been
impressed by the poetry of the idea of reception
one who had been the head of the American nation
on the anniversary of American independence The
breaking out of the cholera in the towns the in
land sea would have been enough for hurry
ing through. But we discovered. soon we had
left Nagasaki that visit to Toxic timed for
the Sd of july and for the reception at the palace
the Fourth.


THE DAIMIos' QUARTER.


The hour for our reception two in the after
noon. The day was very warm. although in our
palace the we have whatever breeze may be





invited some of his naval friends accompany him.
and in answer to this invitation We had Rear Admi-
raj Patterson. attended by Pay Inspector Thornton
and Lieutenant Davenport. of his staff; Captain A.
L. X. Banham, commanding the Richmond: Captain
Fitzhugh. commanding the Monongahela; CON-
mander Johnson. commanding the Ashuelot; Lieu
tenant Springer and Lieutenant Kellogg. At half.
past one Mr.. Bingham. our Minister. arrived. and
our party immediately drove to the palace The
home of the Emperor is long distance from the home
Of the General The old palace destroyed by fire,
and Japan has had many things to do that she
has not built = new one. The road to the
palace was through the section of Toxic whore the
old daimios lived when they ruled Japan feudal
lords and made their occasional visits to the capital
There seems to have been good deal of Highland
freedom in the manners OF the old princes. Their
town houses really fortifcations. A space was
enclosed with walls, aud against these walls cham,
bers were built-rude chambers. like winter quar-
ters for army In these winter quarters lived the
rctainers. the swordsmtn and soldiers. In the
centre Of the enclosure was the home Of tho lord
himself. who lived in the midst Of his people, like
general in camp. anxious to fight somebody. and
disappointed IL he returned to his home without .
fight. A lord with hot tempered followers, who had
come from the restraints and amenities Of home
to have good time at the capital and give the boys
chance to distinguish themselves and see the
world would not be Welcome neighbor. And az
there great many such lords. and each had
his army and his town fortress. tho damo quarter
became important part of the capital. Some Of
the houses were more imposing than the palace
notably the house of the Prince of Satsuma. There
was imposing gate. elaborately buttressed and
streng gthened that looked quite Gothic in its rude
splendor. These damio houses have been taken by
the government for schools. for public Offices for
various useful purposes. The daimios no longer
come with armies and build camps and terrorixe
over their neighbors and rivals


TIKI IxPERIAL PALACE.


We drove through the daimios' quarter and
through the gates of the city. Tho first Inn preston
OF Toxic is that il is q city OF walls and canals The
walls crude aud solid, protected by moats. In
the days OF pkemen and swordbearers there could
not have been more effective defence. Even now
1t would require effort for q German army
to enter through these walls. They 60 back many
generations. do not know how many. In these
lands nothing is worth recording that 10 not thou
sand years old. and my impression that the walls
OF Toxic have grown up with the growth of the
city, the necessities of defence aud the
knowledge of the people in attack and defence. We
passed under the walls Of enclosure which was
called the castle. Here told the Emperor will
build his palace. We crossed another bridget
think there dozen altogether in the course of
the drye-and came to o modest arched gateway
which did not look nearly imposing as the On,
trance to the palace formerly occupied by the great
Prince satsuma. Soldiers drawn up and the
band played Hail Columbia Our carriages drove OIL
past one or two modest buildings and drew up in
front Of another modest building. on the steps of
which the Minister Iwakura was standing. The