[Untitled], Sunday, January 2, 1870.

[Untitled]

Sir: We, the undersigned, consuls of the treaty powers, resident at Nagasaki, have the honor to address you on the subject of the native Christians living at Urakami.

It has been reported to us that seven hundred of these Christians are on the point of being compelled to embark on board of two steamers and banished to a distant part of Japan, thereby separating them from their homes and families, and from no other motive than because they are Christians. We do not address to you this letter with any wish to interfere with the jurisdiction which you possess over your people, but simply, in the name of humanity, to beg you not to adopt any measures of persecution toward the people at Urakami for the sole reason that they are Christians, for we can assure you that such inhuman measures will be regarded with indignation by the civilized world.

With compliments,