It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also.

We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries.

When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this.

If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.

The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.

By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.

Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand.