Open the doors to all. Let the children of the rich and the poor take their seats together and know of no distinction save that of industry, good conduct, and intellect.

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

Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.

The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family.

The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited.

The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.

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