If I write in my name to the agents of england and france residing in asia and inform — Townsend Harris
Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. — Townsend Harris
The nations of the west hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family. — Townsend Harris
Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand. — Townsend Harris
It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require — Townsend Harris
It appears that the english think the japanese… are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also. — Townsend Harris
If war should break out between england and japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former. — Townsend Harris
If you make a treaty first with the united states and settle the matter of the opium trade — Townsend Harris
If japan had been near to either england or france, war would have broken out long ago. — Townsend Harris
As the treaty made with the united states was the first treaty entered into by your — Townsend Harris
The president wishes the japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium — Townsend Harris
The united states have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do. — Townsend Harris
The president of the united states thinks that for the japanese opium is more dangerous than war. — Townsend Harris
