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continent. The chief points of this remarkable 

 treaty are as follows : 



" The United States of America and the Empire 

 of Japan, desiring to establish firm, lasting, and 

 sincere friendship between the two nations, have 

 resolved to fix, in a manner clear and positive, by 

 means of a treaty or general convention of peace 

 and amity, the rules which shall in future be mu- 

 tually observed in the intercourse of their respective 

 countries ; for which most desirable object the Pre- 

 sident of the United States has conferred full powers 

 on his commissioner, Matthew Calbraith Perry, 

 special ambassador of the United States to Japan ; 

 and the august sovereign of Japan has given similar 

 full powers to his commissioners, Hayashi-dai-gaku- 

 no-kami, Ido, Prince of Tsus-Sima, Izawa, Prince 

 of Mimasaki, and Udono, member of the Board of 

 Revenue. 



" And the said commissioners, after having ex- 

 changed their said full powers and duly considered 

 the premises, have agreed to the following articles : 



"I. There shall be a perfect, permanent, and 

 universal peace, and a sincere and cordial amity, 

 between the United States of America on the one 

 part and the Empire of Japan on the other, and 

 between their people, respectively, without excep- 

 tion of persons or places. 



