Harris Treaty, (July 29, 1858), agreement that secured commercial and diplomatic privileges for the United States in Japan All persons lawfully in this country shall abide 'in any state' on an equality of legal privileges with all citizens under nondiscriminatory laws.The Fourteenth Amendment, was whether Asians born in the United States were citizens. The 14th Amendment was necessary to make clear that Black people, as well as anyone born in the country or naturalized, were American citizens. Americans, residing in Japan, shall have the right to employ Japanese as servants or in any other capacity. We must look to see if the interest is within the Fourteenth Amendment's protection of liberty and property. Base at Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans in the American. Soon after, President Buchanan appointed Harris as minister to Japan. In Edo, Harris made his official residence at the Zenpuku-ji temple. Creason, city clerk, El Segundo, Calif.