attitude in the struggle, i. 41, 54, 57, 173-4;
ii. 15, 173, 231 _note_;
cited or quoted:
on Lincoln's election, i. 39 _and note_[1];
on impossibility of Northern reconquest, 57;
on secession an accomplished fact, 174; ii. 79;
on Bull Run, i. 179;
on cotton shortage, i. 55; ii. 14, 15;
on servile insurrection, 79;
on Cotton Loan, 160, 162;
on Roebuck's motion, 173;
on extension of the franchise, 277;
on American institutions and statesmen, 279-80
_Edinburgh Review_, The:
attitude to slavery, i. 33, 45; ii. 281;
attitude in the conflict, i. 42; ii. 50 _note_[2], 68;
on recognition, 46 _note_[3];
on the Emancipation Proclamation, 103;
on the causes of the war, 281
Elliot, chargé, i. 14
Elliott, E.N., editor of _Cotton is King and Pro-Slavery Arguments_,
ii. 3 _note_[2]
Emancipation, Proclamation of: ii. 74, 78, 80, 86 _and note_[1], 91;
idea of military necessity for, 81, 82, 85, 87;
Lincoln's alleged purpose in, 87;
purpose of, according to Seward, 99-100;
viewed as an incitement to servile insurrection, 49, 74, 98, 101, 103
_note_[6]
American reception of, ii. 101, 105
British attitude to, ii. 101 _et seq._;
Press denunciation of, 102-5, 106;
public meetings in favour of, 106 _and note_[2], 107, 108;
English women's support of, 109;
Nonconformist support, 109, 110;
Emancipation societies support of, 110
Confiscation Bill, _See that heading_
_See also_ Border States _and sub-heading under_ Lincoln
Emigration, British, to America, i. 23-4; ii. 200-1;
_Kearsarge_ incident, 200-1
England: cotton famine. _See under_ Cotton.
_See_ Great Britain
Erlanger & Co. and Confederate Cotton Loan,
ii. 158-60, 161, 162 _and note_[3]
European opinion of the Civil War after duration of three years, ii. 219
Eustis, i. 204, 234 _note_[2]
Evans, William, ii. 224
Everett, Edward, Russell's letter to, on Proclamation of Neutrality,
i. 166 _note_[3]
Ewart, question by, in the House of Commons, on Privateers, i. 90
Expatriation, American and British views on, i. 16
Fairfax, Lieut., of the _San Jacinto_, i. 205
Farnall's "Reports on Distress in the Manufacturing Districts,"
ii. 12 _note_, 20
Fawcett, Prof., ii. 224 _note_[3]
Featherstonaugh, G.W., _Excursion through the Slave States_, cited, i. 29
Federals. _See under _Northern
Ferguson, Sir James, i. 268; ii. 175
Ferrand, attack by, on cotton manufacturers in the Commons, ii. 164
_Fishmongers of London_: Meeting in honour of Yancey, ii. 223 _note_[1]
Fitzgerald, Seymour, i. 306; ii. 25
Fitzwilliam, Hon. C., ii. 193
Flahault, M. de, French Ambassador, i. 88, 197, 260 _note_[1],
288, 291, 293; ii. 19 _note_[3], 45
Forbes, J.M., and Aspinwall, Mission of, in England, ii. 130 _note_[2], 297
Forbes, J. M., quoted on the Civil War viewed as a fight for Democracy,
ii. 297
Forster, William E., i. 58 _and note_[2];
a friend of the North, 58 _note_[2]; ii. 224;
quoted, on Harriet Martineau, i. 70 _note_[3];
question in Commons on privateering, 94, 157;
speech against Gregory's motion on blockade, 268, 270;
speech on mediation and intervention in debate on Lindsay's motion,
ii. 22;
close touch with Adams, 22, 36;
attacks Government in debate on Southern shipbuilding, 133;
rebuked by Palmerston, 135;
in Roebuck's motion, 171-2, 175;
comment on Southern meetings, 190 _and note_[2]
Fort Donelson, Confederate reverse at, i. 272, 273 _note_[1], 274
Fort Henry, Confederate reverse at, i. 272, 273 _note[1]_, 274
Fox, G.V.: _Confidential Correspondence_, cited,
i. 257 _note_[3], 268 _note_[2]; ii. 120 _note_[3];
quoted, on Confederate ironclads in England, 130 _note_[2]
France: Naval right of search exercised by, i. 6;
and American contentions on neutral rights, 18;
Confederate Cotton Loan, attitude to, ii. 160 _note_[2]
Cotton: lack of, i. 279, 290, 293-4, 296, 300; ii. 17
Mediation and armistice, attitude to British unofficial overture
on, ii. 38-9, 45-6, 59-60
Ministerial crisis, ii. 39, 45, 59
Neutrality of, i. 299;
Northern sentiment on, ii. 225 _and note_[2]
Policy in the Civil War: joint action of, with Great Britain, i.
84, 88, 156, 166 _note_[1], 196, 249-50, 252, 259, 260, 284,
294; ii. 28, 75, 198;
break in, 77
Press of, and the events in U.S., ii. 174 _note_[3], 236
_note_[2]
_See also under _Mercier, Napoleon, Thouvenel, _and under
subject-headings_
_Fraser's Magazine_, ii. 284;
J.S. Mill's articles in, i. 240, 242; ii. 81, 90, 285
Fraser, Trenholm & Company: Confederate financial agents in
Liverpool, ii. 156, 157
Frederick VII of Denmark: and Schleswig-Holstein, ii. 203
Free Trade, i. 21; ii. 304
Freeman, E.A., _History of Federal Government_, cited, ii. 152-3
Fremont, ii. 82
Gallenga,----, _Times_ correspondent in New York, ii. 189
Gait, Sir J.T., i. 221 _note_[1]; 222 _note_
Galveston, Tex. i. 253 _note_[1]; ii. 266, 268
Garrison, W.L., American abolitionist, editor of the _Liberator_,
i. 31, 33, 46 _and note_[1]
Garrison, _Garrison_, cited, ii. 91 _note_[1], 111 _note_[3]
Gasparin, Count, cited, ii. 92 _notes_
Geneva Arbitration Court: American complaint of British Neutrality,
in, i. 138;
American argument before, on Declaration of Paris, 146
_note_[2]
German opinion on the Civil War, i. 178 _note_[3]; ii. 111
_note_[2];
press attitude, 285 _note_[1]
Germany: the _Index_ quoted on "aid given by, to the North," ii.
236 _note_[2]
Gettysburg, Battle of, ii. 143, 176 _note_[2], 185, 296
Gladstone, Thomas, letters of, to the _Times_, i. 32, 33
_The Englishman in Kansas_, i. 32 _note_
Gladstone, W.E., i. 76, 78;
fear of war with America in _Trent_ affair, 215;
influence of the commercial situation on, ii. 26;
attitude to intervention, 26, 27, 30-1, 48, 57;
Newcastle speech, 47 _and note_[3], 48, 49, 50 _and
note_[1], 51 _and notes_, 55, 58;
memorandum in reply to Lewis, 57;
supports Napoleon's suggestion on armistice and blockade, ii. 64,
69;
account of Cabinet discussion on Napoleon's suggestion, 65 _and
note_[1];
idea of offering Canada to the North, 69, 70 _and note_[1];
and the Confederate Cotton Loan, 163 _note_[2];
reply of, in Roebuck's motion, 170-1;
quoted, on the American dispute as a blow to democracy, 282-3
Otherwise mentioned, i. 179, 200 _note_[1], 224, 266; ii. 59,
66, 77, 80
Goddard, S.A., ii. 108
_Letters on the American Rebellion_, cited, ii. 108
_note_[3], 109 _note_[1]
Godkin, E.L., _Daily News_ correspondent, i. 70 _and note_[2]
Golder, Dr. F.A., cited, i. 53 _note_[3].
"The Russian Fleet and the Civil War," cited, i. 227 _note_[1];
ii. 129 _note_[1]
Goodenough, Captain, report of, on American readiness for foreign war,
ii. 199 _note_[3]
Gorgas, Col., ii. 5 _note_[1]
Gortchakoff, comment of,
on Russell's mediation plan, ii. 45 _note_[2];
and idea of Russian mediation, 251 _note_[1];
mentioned, i. 164 _note_[1];
ii. 59 _note_[4], 66 _note_[2], 70 _note_[2]
Grant, General,
capture of Forts Henry and Donelson by, i. 273 _note_[1], 274;
victory at Shiloh, 278;
captures New Orleans, 279;
Western campaign of, ii. 164, 166, 184-5;
capture of Vicksburg by, 176 _note_[2], 185;
advance to Richmond, 217, 219;
siege of Southern lines at Petersburg, 217;
capture of Petersburg and Richmond by, 247-8;
_Times_ report of reverses to, 212, 227, 243;
condition of his army, Southern account in _Times_, 227;
W.H. Russell's comment on Grant's campaign, 232-3;
Henry Adams, quoted, on, 243
Otherwise mentioned, ii. 215, 249, 256
Grant's _The Newspaper Press_, cited and quoted, ii. 231 _note_
Granville, Lord, i. 76,
quoted, 199 _note_[3];
on difficulties in Washington and attitude of neutrality, 241;
opposition of, to Russell's mediation plan, ii. 42 _and note_[2],
43, 44, 46;
mentioned, i. 94 _note_[3]; ii. 203 _note_[2]
Grattan, Thomas Colley,
quoted, i. 36;
_Civilized America_, i. 36 _note_[1]
Great Britain:
Citizenship, theory of, i. 5-6
Colonial system: trade basis of, i. 17, 20, 21
Commercial relations with America after independence, i. 17 _et seq_., 22
Franchise,
expansion of the, in, i. 26, 28; ii. 274, 276-7, 301, 302, 303, 304;
effect of the American example on political agitation in, 274;
connection of the American struggle with the franchise movement in,
276, 277, 278, 286;
Radical acceptance of the challenge on democracy, 282, 283, 290, 298,
300;
aristocratic and conservative attitude to democracy, 286, 287, 298,
300, 301
Policy toward America:
conditions affecting, i. 2 _et seq_. 35; ii. 270;
the right of search controversy, i. 6-10;
territorial expansion 13-15, 16;
extension of slavery, 13, 15;
Mexican War, 15-16;
commercial interests, 19-22;
in the Civil War, 50-4, 58, 59, 79, 84, 136, 178, 199; ii. 270-2;
influence of democracy in determining, ii. 303-5;
policy of joint action with France. _see under_ France.
_See also under_ Lyons, Russell, _and subject-headings._
Public opinion and governmental policy of, in relation to America,
i. 15, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30
Public opinion and official views in,
at the opening of the Civil War, i. 40-60;
doubts of Northern cause, 48, 50;
attitude to recognition of the South, 53 _note_[1],
on secession, 54, 55, 57
Trade:
exclusive basis in, i. 17, 20, 21;
effect of American retaliatory system on, 20;
free trade theory, 21; ii. 304;
hopes from cotton interests, i. 22
Working classes in: Northern sympathies of, ii. 284, 285 _note_[1]
_See also subject-headings_
Great Lakes: Armaments agreement, i. 4; ii. 253, 254
Greeley, Horace, editor of _New York Times_,
attack on Seward by, i. 280 _note_[1];
and Mercier's proposal of mediation, ii. 75;
Lincoln's reply to, on emancipation, 92-3
Gregg, Percy, ii. 154 _note_[1]
Gregory (Liberal-Conservative, friend of the South),
i. 90, 91 _note_[1], 267;
motion of, for recognition of the South, 85, 91, 108;
advice to Mason on blockade question, 267;
motion to urge the blockade ineffective, 268-72;
speech in Parliament on distress in Lancashire, ii. 21, 22 _and note_;
quoted on attitude of Parliament to intervention and recognition, 155;
view of Roebuck's motion, 175;
question of, on the destruction of British property in America, 265;
mentioned, i. 292; ii. 153, 164
Greville, Charles, quoted, ii. 3
Greville. Colonel, ii. 193 _note_
Grey, Sir George, i. 163, 207; ii. 171, 263
Grimes, Senator, on the purpose of the Privateering Bill, ii. 123-4
Gros, Baron, ii. 167, 168-9, 170
Grote, George, quoted, i. 1
Haliburton, T.C., ii. 187, 193 _note_
Hall, Capt. Basil, _Travels in North America_, cited, i. 26-7
Hall, Rev. Newman, ii. 111, 224
Hamilton, R.C., "The English Press and the Civil War," i. 38 _note_[2]
Hamilton, Capt. Thomas, _Men and Manners in America_, quoted, i. 27
Hammond, E., Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, i. 189;
enquiry as to possible action of American Navy to intercept Southern
Commissioners, 206-7, 210, 211 _and note_[1];
on Foreign Enlistment Act, ii. 142;
letter of, to Lyons, on seizure of Laird Rams, 147 _note_[4];
quoted, on public opinion and Napoleon's proposal of mediation, 66;
mentioned, i. 256; ii. 45
Hammond, Senator, of S. Carolina, quoted, ii. 2-3
"Hampton Roads Conference," The, ii. 252-3
Harcourt, Sir William,
quoted, on Lord Russell's statesmanship during the American Civil War,
i. 1;
letters of, in the _Times_ on questions of International Law,
i. 222 _note_; ii. 63 _and note_[2];
_and see under_ "Historicus"
Hardwicke, Earl, i. 94 _note_[2]
Harris, T.L., _The Trent Affair_,
cited, i. 203 _note_, 205 _note_[1], 217 _note_[1],
227 _note_[1], 231 _note_[2]; ii. 282 _note_[2];
citations of anti-Americanism in _Times_, i. 217 _note_[1]
Hawthorne, Julian, cited, i. 47
Head, Sir Edmund, Governor of Canada, i. 129, 197 _note_[2]
Hertslet, _Map of Europe by Treaty_, cited, i. 94 _note_[3]
"Historicus," Letters of, to the _Times_, cited and quoted,
i. 222 _note_; ii. 63, 104, 138 _note_[1]
Holmes, O.W., i. 37 _note_
Hood, General, ii. 236 _note_[2]
Hope, A.J. Beresford, ii. 187, 189, 193 _note_, 281-2
Hopwood, i. 305; ii. 11, 18, 21
Horsfall, Mr., ii. 153
Horton, Wilmot, i. 23;
Committee on Emigration to America, 23, 24
Hotze, H., Confederate agent,
quoted on effect of _Trent_ affair, i. 243;
descriptive account of his activities, ii. 154 _note_[1];
and the "foul blot" phrase, 240;
and the Southern arming of negroes, 241;
mentioned, ii. 68 _note_[1], 180 _note_[3], 213
Hotze Papers, The, ii. 154 _note_[1], 180
_note_[2], 185 _note_[1]
Houghton, Lord, ii. 265-6, 267
Hughes, Thomas, i. 181; ii. 224 _note_[3]
Hunt, James, _The Negro's Place in Nature_, cited, ii. 222
Hunt's Merchants Magazine, cited ii. 8 _note_[2], 14 _note_[1]
Hunter, Confederate Secretary of State, i. 264
Hunter, General, issues order freeing slaves, ii. 84
Hunter, Mr., editor of the _Herald, _ ii. 213 _and note_[1]
Huse, Caleb, ii. 120 _note_[2], 159
Huskisson, cited, i. 20
Huxley's criticism of Hunt's _The Negro's Place in Nature_, ii. 222
Impressment by Britain: a cause of irritation to America, i. 6, 7, 8, 16
_Index, The_, ii., 33 _and note_[3];
agitation of, for recognition of the South and mediation, 33-4, 153-4;
on Gladstone's Newcastle speech, 51 _note_[3];
views of, on Lord Russell and his policy, 51 _note_[3],
55 _and note_[4], 68, 69, 165, 196, 197;
on reply to French joint mediation offer, 68-9;
on Laird Rams, 150 _note_[2];
quoted on Government attitude to the belligerents, 154, 164-5;
connection with Hotze, 154 _note_[1];
and the fall of Vicksburg, 165, 178 _and note_[1];
on French press and policy of France, 174 _note_[3], 180;
reports of, on Southern meetings and associations, 188,
190 _and notes_, 194 _and note_[2], 195,
239 _and note_[4], 240;
comments on the Palmerston-Mason interview, 215-6;
criticism of Palmerston's reply to deputation on mediation, 216;
view of mediation, 217;
defence of slavery in the South, 220-2, 240-1;
criticism of the _Times_, 228;
quotations from the French press on the war, 236 _note_[2];
and the Presidential election, 236 _note_[2];
on Germany's aid to the North, 236 _note_[2];
on reception of Northern deputations by Adams, 245 _note_[1];
on characteristics of Southern leaders and society, 287;
view of Northern democracy, 287;
denunciation of the Manchester School 298-9;
cited, ii. 181 _note_[2], 186, 190 _note_[3], 199
_note_[4], 232, 241 _note_[1], 242;
quoted, 192, 193 _note_[1]
Ionian Islands, control of, i. 79
Ireland:
Irish emigration to America, i. 29; ii. 200, 201;
enlistments in, for Northern forces, 200, 201;
the _Kearsarge_ incident, 201-2;
petitions circulated in, in support of the North, 240
Italy, disturbances in, ii. 29
Jackson, Stonewall, exploits of, in Virginia:
effect of, on Russell and Palmerston, ii. 38
Jackson, W.A., ii. 191
James, _William Wetmore Story and his Friends_,
quoted, i. 228 _and note_[4];
cited, 256 _note_[4]
_James Adger_, The, American war-ship,
i. 208, 209, 210, 211 _note_[1]
Jameson, Professor J.F., ii. 154 _note_[1]
Japan:
Seward's suggestion of a naval demonstration against,
i. 126 _note_[1]
Jefferson, President, i. 7, 11, 18
Jewett, J.P., quoted, ii. 111 _note_[3]
_John Bull_, ii. 231 _note_;
quoted, on slavery not an issue, i. 179;
Bull Run, a blow to democracy, i. 179-80
Johnston, General: campaign against Sherman, ii. 248, 274
Jones, Mason, pro-Northern speaker, ii. 193-4. 195. 224
Juarez (Mexican leader), ii. 198
"Justicia," letters of, in the _Times_, i. 217
Kansas border struggles, i. 32
_Kearsarge_ incident, The, ii. 201-2
Kelly, William, _Across the Rocky Mountains, etc._, cited and quoted,
ii. 275 _note_[3]
Kennedy, William, _Texas, etc._, cited, i. 29
Kenner, Duncan F., Confederate Commissioner, ii. 249-50
Kentucky, effect of "border state policy" on, i. 173
Kinglake, views of, on Roebuck's motion, ii. 175
_La France_, cited, ii. 236 _note_[2]
Laird Brothers:
builders of the _Alabama_ and _Laird Rams_, ii. 120, 121-2, 129;
prosecution of, demanded, 136;
officially ordered not to send Rams on trial trip, 146, 149;
Government's correspondence with, 146 _and note_[2], 149-50
Laird, speech of, in reply to Bright's attack on the Government, ii. 134
Laird Rams, the, ii. 121-2, 123, 124, 137, 140 _et seq._, 196;
description and purpose of, 122 _and_ _note_[1];
British Government position, 133, 134;
rumours regarding, 142-3;
seizure of, 145-50, 179-80, 182;
suit for damages, 151 _note_[1];
British Government purchase of, 151 _note_[1];
U.S. Navy plan to purchase, 130 _note_[2];
usual historical treatment of the incident, 141, 147 _and note_[1]
Lamar, Confederate representative:
account of Roebuck and Bright, ii. 172 _note_[2]
Lancashire:
Cotton trade,
distress in, ii. 6, 11 _et seq._, 21, 26, 29, 31, 240;
attitude in, to Government policy, 10, 11, 13-15;
attitude of the "Cotton Lords" to, 10, 16;
Farnall report on, 12, 20;
Northern sympathies of cotton operatives, 13, 285 _note_[1]
Cotton factories, statistics, ii 6
Cotton manufacturers, attack on in Commons, ii. 163-4
_Lane, Franklin K., Letters of_, cited ii. 129 _note_[1]
Layard, reply of,
on Roebuck's motion, ii. 171, 173;
on destruction of British property in America, 265
_Le Siècle_, cited, ii. 174 _note_[3], 236 _note_[2]
Lee, General,
turns back McClellan's advance on Richmond, ii. 1;
defeated at Antietam, 43, 85;
retreat of, through Shenandoah valley, 43;
advance in Pennsylvania,
163 _note_[1], 164, 176;
defeats Hooker at Chancellorsville, 164;
retreat from Gettysburg, 163 _note_[1], 178, 179, 297;
defence of Richmond, 185, 217, 247, 248;
surrender, 248, 255, 256-7, 265, 301, 303
_Times_, quoted or cited, on his campaign, ii. 227, 256, 296
Lees, Mr., ii, 220
Lempriere, Dr., i. 180; ii. 191
Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, i. 76, 78 _and note_, 94; ii. 52;
views of, on the Civil War, ii. 50 _and note_[2], 51;
article on "The Election of President Lincoln and its Consequences,"
i. 78 _note_;
fears war with America in _Trent_ affair, 215, 226;
objections of, to mediation, ii. 44-6;
Hereford speech of, in reply to Gladstone, 50 _and note_[1], 51, 55, 58;
view of the Emancipation Proclamation, 52;
action of, on Russell's proposed intervention, 52 _et seq_., 73-4;
memorandum of, on British policy in opposition to Russell, 62-3;
account of Cabinet discussion on Napoleon's armistice suggestion, 63-5;
Hereford speech, effect on Adams, ii. 55;
Palmerston's views on Lewis' attitude to recognition, 56;
Russell's reply to Lewis, 56, 57
_Liberator, The_,
Garrison's abolition organ, i. 31, 33 _and note_[3];
46 _and note_[1], 47;
cited or quoted, 70 _note_[1]; ii. 106 _note_[2], 107,
109 _note_[2]; III _note_[3], 130, 184 _note_[3],
189 _note_[2], 191 _note_[2], 194, 223 _and note_[2],
224 _note_[2], 237 _note_[1], 239 _notes_, 240
_note_[2], 289
Liebknecht, W., ii. 301 _note_[3]
Lincoln, President, i. 115
Characteristics of, i. 115, 119, 120, 127-8;
influence of, in Britain, ii. 276
Election and inauguration, i. 36, 38, 39, 48, 51, 64, 82, 110, 115;
inaugural address, 38, 50, 71, 175;
personal view of terms of election, 49;
popular views on 79, 114, 115
Decision to reinforce Fort Sumter, i. 117, 118, 119, 120;
and defend Federal forts, 118;
attitude to Seward's foreign war policy, 119-20, 136;
reply to Seward's "Some Thoughts for the President's Consideration,"
119-20, 124;
modifies Despatch No. 10, 126-7;
attitude to Schleiden's Richmond visit, 121 122;
emergency measures of, 172, 173
_Policy and views of, on:_--
Blockade proclamation, i. 83, 110, 111, 244. _See heading_ Blockade
Border State policy of, i. 173, 176, 272 _note_[1]; ii. 82
Confiscation Bill, attitude to, ii. 82, 84
Emancipation Proclamation of, _See that heading_
Hampton Roads, Conference at, ii. 252-3
Intervention, on, ii. 36
Piracy proclamation, i. 83, 111, 160
Servile insurrection, ii. 83
Slavery:
inaugural address on, i. 38. 50, 71, 175;
view of the terms of his election regarding, 49;
denial of emancipation as an issue, 239; ii. 88;
reply to Chicago abolitionists on, ii. 49 _note_[3];
declarations on, 78;
conversations with Sumner on, 82;
attitude to emancipation, 82, 83-4, 96;
and anti-slavery sentiment, 83;
denial of, as a cause of the war, 88;
reply to Schurz on emancipation, 72;
reply to Greeley, 93, 94;
orders of, as to liberated slaves, 100
_Trent_ affair;
attitude to release of envoys, i. 231 _and note_[2],
British view of, in, i. 225, 226, 230
Union, the:
efforts to preserve, i. 49, 121;
efforts to restore, ii. 82, 83, 93-5;
reply to Greeley on, 92-3
Attitude of, to England, i. 301;
curtails authority of General Butler, 305;
settles quarrel between Seward and Chase; ii. 72;
letter to Manchester supporters of the North, 109;
drafts resolution for use in British public meetings on slavery, 113;
British addresses to, 288, 290-1
Re-election, ii. 226, 234, 235, 238;
expectations of his defeat, 226, 231;
British Press views on, 234-5, 238;
_Punch_ cartoon, 239 _and note_[1];
complaints of his despotism and
inefficiency in press, ii. 176, 232;
his terms to the South, 251, 252
Assassination of, ii. 257-8, 265;
political effect of,
in Britain, 301,
and in Germany, 301 _note_[3];
British sympathy, 259-64
Appreciations of, ii. 258-61
British opinion of, during the War, ii. 239 _note_[1]
Bright's confidence in, ii. 255 _and note_[1]
Lyons' view on, i. 51; ii. 258-9
Press views, i. 38-9; ii. 102-5 _passim_
Schleiden's view of, i. 116
Influence of Bright's letters on, i. 232;
pardons Rubery in honour of Bright, ii. 225 _and note_[1]
Otherwise mentioned, i. 59, 81, 149, 223; ii. 39, 68, 91,
109 _note_[2], 126, 225, 251, 278, 281, 297
Lindsay, William Schaw:
descriptive account of, i. 267, 289;
on the blockade and French attitude to intervention, 267;
project of mediation of, 279;
account of interview with Napoleon III, 289-90;
interview with Cowley, 290-1;
second interview with Napoleon, 291;
effect of interviews on Confederate Commissioners, 292;
refused an interview by Russell and Palmerston, 294-5, 296;
third interview with Napoleon, 295;
interview with Disraeli, 295, 296;
proposed motion in Parliament, 301-2, 305-6, 307;
account of a letter to Russell in explanation of his proposed motion,
305 _and note_[5];
introduces motion in Parliament on mediation, ii. 18, 20, 21-23;
withdrawal of, 23, 34;
with Roebuck interviews Napoleon on recognition, 166, 167, 168, 169,
172, 173, 174-5, 177;
suggestion by, on Confederate finance, 156;
proposes a further recognition motion, 178 _note_[1];
connection with Southern Independence Association, 193, 195, 204,
205, 206, 211;
hopes of, from attack on Government policy in detaining Southern
vessels, 185, 195, 196;
hopes from Napoleon and from Southern victory, 204;
fresh agitation for mediation and recognition, 205-6, 209, 210;
interviews Palmerston, 206-7, 209;
urges Mason to interview Palmerston, 207, 208, 209;
interview with Lord Russell 209-10, 212-13;
use of the Danish question, 206, 210;
hopes from Disraeli, 213;
postponement of his motion, 214, 215, 218
Friendship with John Bright, ii. 172 _note_[1];
otherwise mentioned, i. 197, 268; ii. 25, 181
Lindsay & Co., ii. 157
Liverpool: change of feeling in, over the _Alabama_, ii. 129-30
_Liverpool Post_, The, cited on the Emancipation Proclamation, ii. 103
Liverpool Shipowners' Association, urges remonstrance on closing of
Charleston Harbour by "Stone Boats," i. 256
_London Chronicle_, The, quoted, i. 46
London Confederate States Aid Association,
ii. 191, 192 _and note_[2], 195
London Emancipation Society, ii. 91, 110;
distinguished members of, 91 _note_[1]
_London Gazette_, The, i. 94
_London Press_, The, quoted i. 54-5, 68
_London Review_, The, cited, i. 46 _and note_[4]
Longfellow, H. W., i. 37 _note_, 55 _note_[2]
Lothian, Marquis of, ii. 187, 193 _note_
Lousada, letter to Lyons on _Trent_ affair, quoted, i. 220 _note_[2]
Lowell, J. R., i. 37 _note_, 236
Lushington, Dr., i. 207
Lutz, Dr. Ralph H.,
cited, i. 117 _note_; ii. 111 _note_[2]; 121 _note_[1]
_Die Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland_, etc., cited, i.
117 _note_; ii. 285 _note_[1]
Lyons, Lord, British Minister in Washington, i. 42, 51, 114;
attitude in the American dispute, 51, 53, 88 _note_[2],
93 _and note_[3], 254; ii. 237 _note_[4];
on Southern clamour at Lincoln's election, i. 51;
views on the personnel of the Northern Government, i. 59-60;
view of Seward, 59, 60, 65, 114, 129; ii. 72;
fears from Seward's foreign war policy, i. 60, 128-36 _passim_;
efforts to prevent interruption of commerce with the South,
i. 64, 65, 66, 72, 73, 244;
views on the American controversy, 72, 73;
advises joint action
with France, 84;
receives instructions on British policy, 87;
and course of action if disavowed by America, i. 190;
suspicion of French policy, 201 _and note_;
survey of the situation after Shiloh, 278;
farewell interview with Lincoln, 301;
opinion of Adams, ii. 71 _note_[4];
views on Lincoln and Davis' proclamations, 106;
friendliness of Seward to, 72, 141, 176 _note_[2];
report of improved relations on seizure of Laird Rams, 147, 182;
report on "scare" at Lee's advance, 176 _note_[2];
view after Gettysburg, 176 _note_[2];
protests against Russell's motion to withdraw belligerent rights
to the North, 182, 183;
attitude to American public animosity towards Great Britain, 197, 198;
on Seward's plan to collect import duties at Southern ports, 198;
description of American readiness for foreign war,
183 _and note_[2], 199;
on arrogance of American ministers, 199;
advises quiet attitude towards the North, 226;
view of Northern determination 226, 233;
view of Lincoln's chances of re-election, 226, 233;
on effect of the fall of Atlanta, 234;
advice on Seward's demonstrations for electioneering purposes, 237;
illness of, 233, 237;
return to London, 237 _note_[4];
appreciation of diplomatic service of, 237 _note_[4]
_Diplomatic action and views of, in regard to_:
Belligerent rights to the South, i. 87;
attitude to request for withdrawal, i. 274-5; ii. 198
Blockade, i. 64, 65, 66, 72, 73, 244-5; ii. 226;
and legislative closing of Southern ports, i. 244, 246;
communications with Seward on, 244, 245, 246, 250, 257;
opinion on, 254
Southern Ports Bill, i. 246-50 _passim_
Bunch controversy, i. 184 _et seq._;
view on Bunch's conduct, 187;
conferences with Seward in, 191-2, 193, 194 _and note_[1];
comment on Bunch's explanation, 192-3;
attitude to American decision in, 193, 194
Cotton, i. 54 _note_[1], 64, 196-7; ii. 20 _and note_[3]
Declaration of Paris negotiations:
alarmed by Seward's attitude, i. 151, 163 _notes_;
view of Seward's refusal to see the despatch, 153 _and note_[2];
communications with Confederates in, 161, 163 _notes_,
164, 165, 166, 168 _note_[4], 185, 188;
view on the American proposal, 154, 162, 164
Emancipation, as an issue, i. 223
Emancipation proclamation, ii. 106, 113, 114 _and note_
Intervention, i. 197; ii. 26, 36;
fears commercial influence on policy, 26;
_See also_ Mediation _infra_
Irish emigrants: enlistment of, ii. 201
Mediation, i. 284, 286, 297, 298-9; ii. 23, 37 _note_[1], 70;
summary of Mercier's plan of, i. 298-9;
report on French isolated offer of, ii. 75-6;
on Russian suggestion of, 76
Mercier's Richmond visit, i. 281 _et seq. passim_;
ii. 24 _note_[2];
comment on the result of, i. 286;
effect of, on, 287;
comment on newspaper report of, 287
Privateering Bill, ii. 125, 126, 127
Proclamation of Neutrality, presentation of, to Seward,
i. 102, 103, 132, 133, 163 _note_[3], 164, 184
Recognition of the South, i. 65, 66, 73, 197, 198; ii. 70
Seward's foreign war policy, i. 60, 128-9, 130, 132, 133, 136;
advice to Russell on, 128-9, 131;
anxiety as to Canada, 128, 129, 131
Slave Trade Treaty, i. 276
Slavery, i. 52, 73, 93 _and note_[3];
account of changes in Northern feeling on, 223
Southern Commissioners, i. 65, 72
Southern shipbuilding, ii. 127, 139-141;
on American War feeling over, 139-40
_Trent_ affair, i. 210, 211, 221;
instructions in, 212-4;
anxiety for Canada in, 221
Otherwise mentioned, i. 43, 57, 59, 74, 242, 243; ii. 147 _note_[4], 170
Lytton, Bulwer, on dissolution of the Union, cited, i. 182
McClellan, General:
advance of, on Richmond, i. 276, 279, 297, 298, 301; ii. i, 33;
defeat of, by Lee, 1, 18, 33;
rumoured capture of, 20, 21 _note_;
Adams' opinion on rumours, 20, 21 _note_;
British newspaper reports of capture of, 20, 21 _note_;
removal of, 30;
defeats Lee at Antietam, 43, 85;
fails to follow up his victory, 43, 105;
as candidate in Presidential election, 234 _note_[2], 238
McFarland, i. 204, 234 _note_[2]
McHenry, George, _The Cotton Trade_, cited,
ii. 6 _note_[2], 13 _note_[2], 185 _note_[2]
Mackay, Alexander, _The Western World,_ cited and quoted, i. 30; ii. 274-5
Mackay, Charles, i. 37 _and note_, 46 _note_[4];
as _Times_ correspondent in New York, ii. 176 _notes_; 189, 226
_Forty Years' Recollections_, cited, ii. 176 _note_[2]
"John and Jonathan" poem, quoted, i. 37 _note_
_Life and Liberty in America_, quoted, i. 37 _note_
Mackay, Dr., editor of the _London Review_, i. 46 _note_[4]
McKenzie, (Canadian Rebellion, 1837), i. 4
McLaren, Duncan, ii. 224 _note_[3]
McRea, opinion of, on Hotze and Slidell, ii. 180 _note_[3]
Madison, President, i. 11
"Madison's War," i. 4
Maine, State of: boundary controversy, i. 4, 9
Malmesbury, Lord, i. 79, 84, 149; ii. 25, 167
Manchester Emancipation Society, The, ii. no, 224 _note_[3]
_Manchester Examiner and Times_, i. 70 _note_[1];
ii. 231 _note_; cited, ii. 136 _note_[2]
_Manchester Guardian_, The, ii. 231 _note_;
cited, 181 _note_[2]
Manchester Southern Club, The: meeting of, and list of delegates,
ii. 190 _and note_[2]
"Manchester Union and Emancipation Society," The, ii. 110;
leading members and activities of, ii. 224 _note_[3]
Mann, Southern Commissioner to London, i. 63, 82, 85 _notes_;
264, 265, ii. 24 _note_[2], 241
_See also under heading_ Confederate Commissioners
Marchand, Captain, of the American ship, _James Adger_, i. 208;
instructions of, to intercept the _Nashville_,
209, 210, 211 _note_[1]
Marcy, Secretary of State, and the Declaration of Paris, i. 140-1
Marryat, Captain Frederick: _A Diary in America_, etc.,
cited and quoted, i. 27
Martin, M. Henri, ii. 236 _note_[2]
Martin, T.P., theses of, on Anglo-American trade relations,
ii. 8 _note_[2]
Martineau, Harriet:
faith of, in democracy, i. 27;
ardent advocate of the North, 70 _and note_[3];
view of slavery as cause of the Civil War, ii. 79-80
Marx, Karl, and the Trades Unions of London meeting, ii. 291,
292 _and note_[1]
Maryland, and the Union: effect of "border state" policy, i. 173
Mason, James M., Special Commissioner of the Confederates to Britain,
i. 183 _note_[2], 203;
relations with Spence, 183 _note_[2], 266 _note_[3];
captured in the _Trent_, 204 _et seq._, 234 _and note_[2];
reception of, in England, 264;
interview with Russell, 265-6, 267, 268;
statistics of, on the blockade, 268 _and note_[2];
effect of the failure of Gregory's motion on, 272, 273;
hope in a change of Government, 273;
views of, on capture of New Orleans, 296;
comment of, on mediation after the Northern successes, 300,
and Lindsay's motion, 305, 306-7;
on the state of the cotton trade in England, ii. 10;
request to Lord Russell for recognition of the South, 25, 28;
and Slidell's offer to France, 24 _and note_[2];
refused an interview: appeals to Russell for recognition, 27;
view of the Emancipation Proclamation, 104;
nominates Spence as financial adviser in England, 156;
and Confederate cotton obligations, 157, 158, 159;
and Confederate Cotton Loan, 161, 162;
in Roebuck's motion, 167, 168-9, 172-3;
opinion of Napoleon, 172-3;
recall of, 179, 181-2;
determines to remain in Europe,
182; hope from a change of
Government, 185, 213-4; demonstration
against, after a Southern
meeting, 191; representations on
_Kearsarge_ enlistment of Irishmen,
201; interview with Palmerston
suggested to, 207, 208-9,
214-5; returns to London, 212;
opinion of Palmerston and
Russell's attitude in interview
with Lindsay, 213; suggests
Disraeli to handle Lindsay's
motion, 213; protests against
clause in Southern Independence
Association address, 220; attitude
of, to slavery, 249, 250;
interview of, with Palmerston,
on Confederate offer to abolish
slavery, 250; interview with
Earl of Donoughmore, 250-1;
quoted on Lee's surrender, 256
Correspondence of, i. 261 _note_
Otherwise mentioned, i. 255,
263 _note_[3], 267, 292; ii. 19, 31,
147, 154 _note_[1], 185, 186, 195,
206, 241
Mason Papers, cited, i. 261 _note_[1]:
ii. 24, _et passim_
Massie, Rev., ii. no, 190 _note_[3], 239
Maximilian, Archduke, i. 260;
ii. 255 _note_[1]
Melish, John, _Travels_, quoted, i. 25
Mercier, French Minister in Washington:
with Lyons attempts
official presentation to Seward of
Proclamations of Neutrality, i.
96 _note_[1], 102, 103, 132, 164; in
Declaration of Paris negotiations
157, 158, 162, 163 _note_[3], 165;
negotiations with Confederates,
163 _notes_, 164, 165, 184, 185,
191 _note_[4]; plan for recognition
of Southern independence, 192;
plan to relieve French need for
cotton, 196-201; supports British
demands in _Trent_ affair, 230;
on withdrawal of belligerent
rights to South, 275; efforts
for mediation, 279, 298, 300;
ii, 36, 37 _note_[1], 41, 70 _note_[2], 71 _note_[1]
75, 76 _note_[1]; idea of an armistice, 41, 47
Richmond visit, i. 280 _ct seq._, ii. 24 _note_[2], 95;
Seward's acquiescence
in, i. 280, 281, 282; consultation
with Lyons on, 281-2,
283; result of, 284-5; report to
Thouvenel on, 285; effect of,
on Lyons and Russell, 287;
_New York Times _report
of, 287; effect of, in Paris
and London, 287-8; ii. 95;
effect of, on Confederate agents,
i. 288
Southern Ports Bill, attitude to,
i. 247 _note_[2], 248 _note_[3], 249; views
of, on recognition, 285-6; belief
of, in ultimate Southern success,
298; and isolated French offer of
mediation, ii. 75; proposes Russo-French
mediation, 76 _note_[1]; precautions
of, during Lee's northern
advance, 176 _note_[2]
Bancroft quoted on, i. 280
Otherwise mentioned, i. 166 _note_[1]
191; ii. 23, 40, 155, 270 _note_[2]
_Merrimac_, The, i. 276, 277
Mexican War of 1846, i. 7, 15, 206
Mexico, British influence in, i. 13;
revolt of Texas from, 12-15;
ii. 117 _note_[1]; contract of, for
ships and equipment in Britain,
117 _note_[1]; British policy towards,
after revolt of Texas, i. 13-14; war
with United States, 1846 ... 7,
15, 206; expectation in, of British
aid, 15; loss of California by, 15;
joint action of France, Great
Britain and Spain against, for
recovery of debts, 259-60; designs
of France in, 260; ii. 46;
American idea to oust France
from, 198, 251, 252, 255 _note_[4]
Mill, J.S., ii. 224 _note_[3]; article
in defence of the North contributed
to _Fraser's Magazine_,
cited or quoted, i. 240, 242;
ii. 80-1, 90, 285; on _Trent_
affair, i. 240, 242; on slavery,
i. 240; ii. 80-1
Milne, Admiral, i. 211; Lyons'
letter to, on Southern shipbuilding in Britain and American
letters of marque, ii. 140, 141 _and note_
Milner-Gibson, i. 226; ii. 36;
attack on, by _The Index_, 298
Milnes, Monckton, i. 268
Missouri, State of, and the Union:
effect of the "border state"
policy, i. 173
Mobile, Ala., i. 253 _note_[1]
Mocquard: note of, on Napoleon's
proposal on recognition in
Roebuck's motion, ii. 167, 168,
169, 172
Monck, Viscount, ii. 140; approves
seizure of Laird Rams, 147
_Monitor_, The: duel of with the
_Merrimac_, i. 276; effect of, in
Great Britain, 276, 277
Monroe Doctrine, The, i. 11, 12, 259;
as a medium for American territorial expansion, 12
Monroe, President, i. 11
Monson, cited, i. 93
Montagu, Lord Robert, ii. 170;
amendment of, on Roebuck's motion, 170, 171
Montgomery, Ala., i. 81, 82
Moore, _Digest of International Law_, cited, i. 137, 145,
195 _note_[2], 212 _note_[3]
Morehead, ex-Governor of Kentucky:
speech of, at Liverpool, accusing Lincoln of treachery, ii. 105
_Morning Herald_, The, ii. 67, 68 _note_[1], 231 _note_;
quoted, 67-8; cited, 215
_Morning Post_, The, i. 229;
ii. 231 _note_;
in _Trent_ crisis, i. 226 _note_[3], 229;
views on the conflict and democratic tyranny, 229;
ii. 284, 285-6;
on the war and the cotton industry, ii. 10;
on Gladstone's Newcastle speech, 49 _note_[1], 55 _note_[1]
_Morning Star_, The, i. 69, 70 _note_[1], 179;
ii. 191 _note_[2], 231 _note_;
criticism of _Times_ war news in, 228
Motley, J.L., United States Minister at Vienna:
letter of, analysing nature of the American constitution, i. 174-6;
urges forward step on slavery, ii. 98;
reply to Seward on effect of Northern attempt to free slaves, 99;
quoted on the hatred of democracy as shown in the British Press, 280-1;
otherwise mentioned, i. 190 _note_[2], 191
_Causes, The, of the American Civil War_, i. 174, 175
_Correspondence_, i. 179 _note_[2], 184;
ii. 33, 98 _note_[4], 106 _note_[3], 280-1
Motley, Mrs., i. 179
Mure, Robert:
arrest of, i. 186-8, 192, 193 _note_[1], 201;
Lyons' views on, 187-8
Napier, Lord, ii. 63, 66
Napoleon I., Emperor, i. 4, 8;
and American contentions on neutral rights, i. 18
Napoleonic Wars, i. 4-7, 23
Napoleon III., Emperor:
American policy of, ii. 39;
differences with Thouvenel on, ii. 19 _and note_[2], 39
Blockade, view of, on the, i. 290
British policy:
vexation at, i. 295
Confederate Cotton Loan, attitude to, ii. 160 _note_[2]
Mediation:
hopes for, ii. 23, 59;
suggests an armistice for six months, 59, 60 _et seq._, 69;
request for joint action by Russia and Britain with France on, 60;
British views on, 60-65;
British reply, 65 _and_ _note_[1], 66, 152, 155;
Russian attitude to, 59 _note_[4], 63 _and _[3], 64, 66;
offers friendly mediation, 75-6
Interview with Lindsay on, i. 289 _et seq._;
reported offer on, to England, 290, 291
Interviews with Slidell on, ii. 24, 57 _note_[2], 60
Mercier's Richmond visit, connection of with, i. 287, 288;
displeasure at, 288
Mexican policy of, i. 259-61;
ii. 163, 198
Polish question, ii. 163, 164
Recognition:
private desires for, ii. 20;
endeavours to secure British concurrence, 19-20, 38;
reported action and proposals in Roebuck's motion, 166-77 _passim_;
interview with Slidell on abolition in return for recognition, 249-50
Otherwise mentioned, i. 114, 191;
ii. 32, 54, 71, 180, 204, 270
Benjamin's view of, ii. 236 _note_[1]
Mason's opinion of, ii. 172-3
Palmerston's views of, ii. 59
_National Intelligencer_, The, i. 297;
ii. 49 _note_[2]
Neumann, Karl Friedrich:
History of the United States by, cited, ii. 111 _note_[2]
Neutrality, Proclamations of:
British i. 93, 94-6, 100, 110, 111, 134, 157, 168, 174;
statements on British position, 99, 111, 163 _note_[3];
ii. 265; British Press views on, i. 136 _note_
French, i. 96 _note_[1], 102
American attitude to, i. 96-110 _passim_, 132, 135, 136, 142, 174;
British-French joint action, 102, 132 _and_ _note_[2];
Seward's refusal to receive officially, 102, 103, 132 _and note_[2];
133, 164, 169;
view of, as hasty and premature,
107-8, 109, 110, 112; Seward's
view of, 134-5; modern American
judgment on, 110
New England States, The, i. 17, 18;
opposition of, to war of 1812 ...
i. 7
_New Nation_, The (New York),
quoted on Lincoln's despotism,
ii. 232
New Orleans, i. 253 _note_[1]; capture
of, 279, 296; ii. 16; effect of, on
Confederates, i. 296; Seward's
promises based on, ii. 16, 26
New York, rumour of Russian
fleet in harbour of, ii. 129
New York Chamber of Commerce,
The, protest by, on the _Alabama_,
ii. 126
New York City: anti-British attitude
of, i. 29; idea of separate
secession, 83
_New York Herald, _The, i. 56, 255;
ii. 199 _note_[4]
_New York Times, _The, attack on
W.H. Russell in, i. 178 _note_[2];
quoted on _Trent_ affair, 220 _note_[1];
report of Mercier's Richmond
visit, 287
Newcastle, Duke of, Seward's statement
to, i. 80, 114, 216, 227
_Newcastle Chronicle_, The, i. 70 _note_[1];
ii. 231 _note_
Newfoundland fisheries controversy,
i. 4
Newman, Professor, ii. 224
Newton, Dr., in _Cambridge History
of British Foreign Policy_, cited,
i. 35 _note_
Nicaragua, i. 16
Nicolay and Hay, _Lincoln_, cited,
i. 126 _note_[2], 138, 146 _note_[2]
_Nonconformist_, The, i. 70 _note_[1]; ii.
231 _note_
Nonconformist sympathy with
emancipation proclamations, ii.
109-10
Norfolk, Va., i. 253 _note_[1]
"No 290," Confederate War Vessel.
See _Alabama_
Northern States:
Army, foreign element in, ii.
200 _note_[1]
Emancipation: identified with,
ii. 220
Immigration and recruiting in,
ii. 200
"Insurgent" Theory, of the Civil War,
i. 96, 102, 103 _and note_[1], 111, 246
Intervention: determination to
resist, ii. 35-6, 71
"Piracy" declaration, ii. 267-8
Public and Press views in, at
the outbreak of the struggle, i.
42
Union, the: determination to
preserve, i. 54, 55, 173, 236;
ii. 226
Western and Eastern States
attitude to the War, compared,
ii. 53
_Opinion Nationale_, The, cited, ii.
174 _note_[2], 236 _note_[2]
Oregon territory controversy, i. 15
_Oreto_, The, Confederate steamer,
ii. 118, 123, 131, 136
_Ottawa Sun_, The, cited, ii, 70 _note_[1]
Ozanne Rev. T.D., _The South as_
_it is, etc._, quoted, ii. 195 _note_[1]
Page, Captain, instructions to,
on the use of the Laird Rams, ii. 122 _note_[1]
Pakenham, British Minister to
Mexico, i. 13-14
Palmer, Roundell, Solicitor-General,
i. 268, 271
Palmerston, Lord: Coalition Government
of, in 1859 ... i. 76,
77, 78; on Seward's attitude,
130; on reinforcement of Canada,
130-1; statement of reasons for
participation in Declaration of
Paris, 139; suggests method
of approach in Declaration of
Paris negotiations, 156 _note_[1];
on the object of the belligerents,
178; on British policy and the
cotton shortage, 199-200; on
possible interception of Mason
and Slidell, 207-8, 209; action
of, in _Trent_ affair, 226 _note_[2], 229,
241; statement of, on British
neutrality, 241; interview with
Spence, 266; refusal to interview
Lindsay, 295-6; letters
to Adams on General Butler's
order, 302-5; reply to Hopwood
on mediation, ii. 18; definition
of British policy in debate on
Lindsay's motion, 22-3; sneers
at the silent cotton manufacturers,
26; views of, on mediation,
31; participates in Russell's
mediation plan, 34, 36, 40-44, 46,
51, 54, 56, 73; traditional connection
with Lewis' Hereford
speech, 50 _and note_[1]; 51 _note_[2];
on the folly of appealing to the
belligerents, 56, 59, 73; opinion
of Napoleon, 59; views on
French proposals for armistice, 60-1;
on British position in regard to slavery, 61, 78-9;
approves Russell's speech on Confederate shipbuilding, 131;
defends Government procedure in _Alabama_ case, 134-5;
accusation of, against Forster and Bright, 135;
attitude to seizure of Laird Rams, 145;
on the use of Napoleon's name in Roebuck's motion, 174-5, 177;
the crisis over Danish policy of, 203-4, 210, 214, 216;
interviews with Lindsay, 206-8, 209, 210, 213;
consents to interview Mason, 207;
opinion of, on the ultimate result of the Civil War, 209, 215;
attitude to resolution of Southern Societies, 211;
interview with Mason, 214-5;
reply to joint deputation of Southern Societies, 216;
reply to Mason's offer on abolition, 250;
assurances on relations with America after Hampton Roads
Conference, 255;
attitude to expansion of the franchise, 276 _and note_[1];
death of, 302
Characteristics of, as politician, ii. 134
Cobden quoted on, i. 226 _note_[2]
Delane, close relations with, i. 229 _note_[2]
_Index_: criticism of, in the, ii. 216
Press organ of, i, 229
Otherwise mentioned, i. 96, 168, 194, 262;
ii. 19, 68, 90, 112, 168, 170, 173, 185, 188, 190, 249, 263, 285, 293
Papineau, Canadian rebellion, 1837 ... i. 4
Papov, Rear-Admiral, ii. 129 _note_[1]
Paris, Congress of (1856), i. 139
Peabody, George, quoted, i. 227
Peacocke, G.M.W. ii. 187, 193 _note_
Persigny, i. 303;
conversation with Slidell on intervention, ii. 19
Petersburg, evacuation of, ii. 248
Phinney, Patrick, and the enlistment of Irishmen in the Northern army,
ii. 202 _and note_[2]
Pickens, Governor of S. Carolina,
i. 120, 185, 186 _and note_[1]
Pickett Papers quoted, i. 243;
ii. 155;
cited, i. 261 _note_; ii. 69 _note_[5]
Poland: France, Russia, Great Britain and the Polish question,
ii. 129, 163, 164
Pollard, _The Lost Cause_,
quoted on attitude of England on the cotton question, ii. 5-6
Potter, Thomas Bayley, ii. 164, 224, _and note_[3]
Prescott, i. 37 _note_
Press, British,
the attitude of, in the American Civil War.
_See under Names of Newspapers, Reviews, etc._
Prim, Spanish General, commanding expedition to Mexico, i. 259
Prince Consort, The, i. 76, 213, 224-5;
influence of, on Palmerston's foreign policy, 224;
policy of conciliation to United States, 228;
Adams, C. F., quoted on, 225, 228
Privateering, i. 83 _et seq_., 153 _et seq. passim_
Russian convention with U.S. on, i. 171 _note_[1]
Southern Privateering, i. 86, 89, 153, 156, 164, 165, 167, 171
_note_[1], 186.
Proclamation on, _see under_ Davis.
British attitude to, i. 86, 89-92, 95, 158, 160, 161, 163, 166;
Parliamentary discussion on, 94, 95, 157;
closing of British ports to, 170 _and note_[2]
French attitude to, i. 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 165
Northern attitude to, i. 83, 89, 90, 92, 111, 163;
Seward's motive against in Declaration of Paris negotiation,
162, 164, 169;
Northern accusations against Britain on, 91
United States policy on, i. 141, 156.
_See_ Privateering Bill, _infra_
_See also under_ Declaration of Paris negotiation
Privateering Bill, The, ii. 122 _et seq_.;
purpose of, 122-3, 125, 137;
discussion in Senate on, 123-4;
passed as an administrative measure, 124, 137;
influence of, on Russell's policy, 137;
British view of American intentions, 137-8;
historical view, 141;
Seward's use of, 121 _note_[2]
Prussia and Schleswig-Holstein, ii. 203-4
_Punch_, cartoons of, cited:
on _Trent_ affair, i. 217-8, 237;
on Stone Boat Blockade, 255;
suggesting intervention by France, ii. 75 _note_[1];
on Roebuck, 170 _note_[1];
on Lincoln's re-election, 239 _and note_[1]
Poem in, on the death of Lincoln, ii. 259
Putnam, G.H., _Memories of My Youth_, cited, i. 178 _note_[3]
Putnam, G.P., _Memoirs_, cited, ii. 163 _note_[2]
_Quarterly Review_, The, i. 47;
views on the Southern secession, 47;
on the lesson from the failure of Democracy in America, 47;
ii. 279, 286, 301;
attitude in the conflict, 199, 301;
on British sympathy for the South, 301
_Reader_, The, cited, ii. 222, _and note_[2]
Reform Bill of 1832 ... i. 26, 28; ii. 276;
of 1867 ... 303, 304
Republican Party, The, i. 114, 115
Rhett, cited, ii. 4 _and note_[3], 88
Rhodes, _United States_, cited or quoted,
i. 110 _note_[4], 138, 217 _note_[2], 231 _note_[2];
ii. 16 _note_[2], 57 _note_[2], 147 _note_[1],
285 _note_[1] _et passim_.
Richardson, _Messages and Papers of the Confederacy_,
cited or quoted, i. 261 _note_, 266 _note_[1];
ii. 57 _note_[2], 69 _note_[5], 155 _note_[6],
_et passim_.
Richmond, Va., Southern Government head-quarters at, i. 81;
capture of, by Grant, ii. 248
_Richmond Enquirer_, The, quoted on attitude of France to the
Confederacy, ii. 180
_Richmond Whig_, The, cited, ii. 68
Right of Search controversy, i. 6-10 _passim_, 16;
recrudescence of, in _Trent_ affair, 218, 219, 233, 235
Robinson, Chas. D., Lincoln's draft letter to, ii. 93 _note_[4]
Roebuck, speech of, on recognition, ii. 34 _note_[1];
motion of, for recognition of the Confederacy,
74 _note_[1], 144, 152, 164 _et seq._; 296 _note_[1];
W.H. Russell's views on, 166;
Lord Russell's opinion on, 166;
interview of, with Napoleon, 167;
Parliamentary debate on, 170-2, 176-8;
withdrawal of motion, 175, 176-7;
subsequent attitude of, to America, 177 _note_[1], 299-300;
opinion on the failure of democracy in America, 299-300;
_Punch_ cartoon on, 170 _note_[1];
otherwise mentioned, i. 306
Rogers, Prof. Thorold, ii. 224 _note_[3]
Rosencrans, defeat of, at Chicamauga, ii. 184
Rost, Southern Commissioner to London, i. 63, 82, 85, 86, 264
Rouher, M., French Minister of Commerce, i. 293, 294
Roylance, ii. 110
Rubery, Alfred: Lincoln's pardon of, ii. 225 _and note_[1]
Russell, Lord John, i. 42, 76, 77, 78-9, 81;
attitude of, in the early days of the American struggle,
42, 51, 53, 57, 60, 73-4, 79, 84;
views on the secession, 52-3;
views and action in anticipation of war, 57-8;
instruction on possible jingo policy toward England, 60-1;
recommends conciliation, i. 67, 74;
refusal to make a pledge as to British policy,
67, 74, 86, 87, 101, 108, 125;
promise of delay to Dallas, 67, 84, 85, 107, 108;
plan of joint action with France, 84, 85;
advises Parliament to keep out of the Civil War, 90 _and note_[3];
uncertainty as to American intention, 201-2; ii. 237;
interview with Spence, i. 266;
"three months" statement, 272 _and note_[1]; ii. 22;
effect of Stonewall Jackson's exploits on, ii. 38;
effect of Gladstone's Newcastle speech on, 49;
idea of withdrawal of belligerent rights to the North, 182, 183;
on relations with United States and Seward, 183-4;
attitude to Seward's plan of collecting import duties at Southern
ports, 198;
views on the conflict: belief in ultimate Southern independence,
198-9, 212, 271;
and the Danish question, 203;
action in withdrawing neutrality proclamation, and belligerent rights,
266-7, 268, 269;
attitude to piracy proclamation, 267-8, and the Reform Bill,
276, 302, 303;
quoted on the degeneration of the American Republic, 285;
succeeds to Premiership, 302
_Diplomatic action and views of, in regard to_:
_Alabama_, the, ii. 120, 121, 124;
interview with Adams on, 128, 131;
private feelings on 121, 124, 130
Belligerent rights to the South, i. 86, 87, _and note_[3];
reply to Houghton on, ii. 265-6, 267
Blockade, the:
views on, i. 58, 91, 246, 252-3;
instructions to Lyons on, 58, 244, 248, 263, 267, 271, 272;
instructions to Bunch, 253 _note_[2];
view on notification at the port method, 246;
on British Trade under, 252, 253;
aim in presenting Parliamentary Papers on, 252, 267;
on irritation caused by, ii. 225-6
Southern Ports Bill, protests against, i. 247-51;
instructions to Lyons on, 248, 249
Stone Boat Fleet, i. 254-5, 256
Bunch controversy, i. 186, 187, 190-5;
letter of caution to Lyons on possible rupture, 190;
anxiety in, 190, 191
Butler's, General, order to troops:
advice to Palmerston on, i. 303-4;
reply to Adams, 304
Confederate Commissioners:
attitude to, i. 67, 68;
interviews with, i. 85-6, 158;
declines official communication with, 214 _and note_[4], 265-6;
reception of Mason, 235, 265-6, 267, 268;
suggestion to Thouvenel on reception of Slidell, 235;
reply to Mason's notification of his recall, ii. 181;
reply to Confederate "Manifesto," 241-2
Confederate Shipbuilding:
reply to Adams' protests, ii. 118, 120-1, 127;
advice to Palmerston on, 131;
orders detention of contractors, 135;
seizure of _Alexandra_, 136;
stoppage of, 197;
result of _Alexandra_ trial, 197.
_See also sub-headings_ Alabama, Laird Rams
Confederates:
negotiations with, i. 161, 163, 166, 168 _note_[4], 170, 184;
attitude to Thouvenel's initiation of negotiations with, 189;
explanation to Adams of British attitude to, 190
Cotton supply:
attitude to French proposals on, i. 197, 199, 294
Declaration of Paris negotiation:
request to France in, i. 142, 146-7, 156, 157 _and note_[3];
instructions to Lyons on, 146-62 _passim_, 184;
interviews with Adams, 141-8, 158;
proposals to the United States, 153 _and note_[2], 170;
instructions to Cowley, 156-9 _passim_;
suggested declaration in proposed convention, 143-6,
146 _note_[1], 149, 151, 154, 168, 170, 201
Emancipation Proclamation:
views on, ii. 101-2, 107 _and note_[1]
Foreign Enlistment Act:
idea of amending, ii. 124;
offer to United States on, 124-5;
reply to Adams' pressure for alteration of, 149
Gregory's motion, i. 108
Irishmen:
recruiting of, ii. 201-2
Laird Rams:
conversations with Adams on, ii. 144;
orders detention of, 144-5, 146, 150, 151;
correspondence with the Lairds, 146;
drafts protest to Mason, 147, 148 _and note_[1];
reply to attack on Government policy on, 149-50
Lindsay:
approval of Cowley's statement to, i. 293, 294;
reply to request of, for an interview, 294-5;
interview with, on motion for mediation and recognition, ii. 212-13
Mediation:
advice to Palmerston on reported French offer, i. 305;
reply to Seward's protest, ii. 19, 25-6, 27;
project of, with Palmerston, ii. 31-2, 34, 36 _et seq._, 91, 271;
instructs Cowley to sound Thouvenel, 38;
letters to Gladstone on, 40, 41;
points of, 46;
responsibility for, 46 _note_[4];
Russia approached, 45;
memorandum on America, 49 _and note_[3];
proposal of an armistice, 31-2, 49, 53-5, 56-7;
comments on Napoleon's Armistice suggestion, 61-2, 64;
wish for acceptance, 62, 64;
declaration of no change in British policy, 71;
end of the project, 72, 155;
motive in, 73;
viewed as a crisis, 73;
comments of, to Brunow
on joint mediation offer 73 _note_[1]
Mercier's Richmond visit, i. 287, 288
Privateering, i. 89, 91, 159-63 _passim_;
possible interference of, with neutrals, ii. 127, 138-150;
opinion of, on intended use of privateers, 138
Proclamation of Neutrality.
British position in, i. 166 _note_[2]; ii. 265-6
Recognition of the Confederacy:
attitude to, i. 67, 74, 86, 87, 101, 108, 242, 243; ii. 54, 59, 77-8;
influence of _Trent_ affair on, i. 243;
reply to Mason's requests for, ii. 25, 27;
opinion of Roebuck's motion on, 166, 177;
denies receipt of proposal from France on 168-9, 172
Servile War, ii. 80, 97, 98
Slavery, ii. 89, 90;
view of Seward's proposal for transport of emancipated slaves, 100
_Trent_ affair, view of, i. 212;
letter to Lord Palmerston on War with America over, 215;
on possible ways of settlement of, 224;
instructions to Lyons on learning officially that Wilkes acted
without authorization, 226
Policy of, in the American Civil War:
i. 145, 202, 243, 299; ii. 271-2;
declaration to Adams on, 55, 71
Attitude to Adams, i. 81;
view of, i. 131; ii. 128
View of Lincoln, i. 189; ii. 263
View of Seward, i. 67, 68, 131, 235-6;
improved relations with, ii. 72, 197
Criticism and view of, in _The Index_,
ii. 51 _note_[2], 68, 69, 196
Otherwise mentioned, i. 96, 101 _note_[1], 198, 274, 277;
ii. 190, 208, 254
Russell, Lady, quoted on _Trent_ affair, i. 224 _note_[3]
Russell, W.H., _Times_ correspondent, i. 44, 56, 66, 177;
letters of, to the _Times_, 71, 177; ii. 229 _note_[1];
on the secession, i. 56, 177;
impression of Lincoln, 61 _note_[2];
description of Bull Run, 177-8; ii. 229 _note_[1];
abhorrence of slavery, i. 71, 177;
American newspaper attacks on 178 _and note_[2];
recall of, 178 _and note_[2];
ii. 228, 229 _note_[1];
on Napoleon's mediation offer, 68;
on recognition, 166;
editor of _Army and Navy Gazette_, ii. 68, 228, 229 _and note_[1];
belief of, in ultimate Northern victory, i. 178 _note_[2], 180;
ii. 68 _note_[2], 228, 229 _and note_[1];
view of the ending of the War, 229-30;
on campaigns of Grant and Sherman, 230, 232-3, 243;
quoted on Delane, 254;
on prospective war with America, 254;
on failure of republican institutions, 277
_My Diary North and South_, i. 177 _notes_;
quoted 44 _note_[1], 61, 71;
cited, 124, 178, ii. 229 _note_[1]
Russia:
attitude in Declaration of Paris negotiation, i. 164 _note_[1];
convention with United States on privateering, 171 _note_[1];
attitude to recognition of the South, 196 _note_[2]; ii. 59;
and mediation, i. 283 _note_[1];
ii. 37 _note_[1], 39, 45 _note_[2];
British approach to, on mediation, 40, 45, _and note_[2];
attitude to joint mediation, 59 _note_[2], 63 _and note_[5],
66 _and note_[2], 70 _note_[2];
on joint mediation without Britain, 76 _and note_[1];
plan of separate mediation, 251 _note_[1];
Seward's request to, on withdrawal of Southern belligerent rights,
265 _and note_[2];
policy of friendship to United States,
45 _note_[2], 59 _note_[4], 70 _note_[2];
United States friendship for, 225
Polish question, ii. 129, 163
Fleets of, in Western waters:
story of, in _Trent_ affair, i. 227 _note_[1];
ii. 129 _and note_
_See also under_ Brunow, Gortchakoff, Stoeckl
St. Andre, French Acting-Consul at Charleston,
i. 185, 186, 191 _note_[4]
Salisbury, Lord, quoted on John Bright's oratory, ii. 290 _note_[1]
Salt, price of, in Charleston:
effect of the blockade, i. 270
San Domingo, Seward's overture to Great Britain for a convention to
guarantee independence of, i. 126 _note_[1]
San Francisco, Russian vessels in harbour of, ii. 129 _and note_[1]
_San Jacinto_, the, i. 204, 205, 216
_Saturday Review_, The:
views of, on Lincoln's election, i. 39;
judgment of Seward, 39;
views at outbreak of war, 41, 46;
on Southern right of secession, 42;
on Proclamation of Neutrality, 100-1;
on reported American adhesion to Declaration of Paris, 146 _note_[1];
on slavery as an issue: attack on Mrs. H.B. Stowe, 180-1;
on blockade and recognition, 183;
on duration of war and cotton supply, 246 _note_[3];
on servile insurrection, ii. 80;
and the relation between the American struggle and British
institutions, 276, 277-8, 280;
on the promiscuous democracy of the North, 277;
on the Republic and the British Monarchy, 277-8;
cited, 111, 231 _note_
Savannah, Ga., i. 253 _note_[1];
captured by Sherman, ii. 245, 249, 300-1
Scherer, _Cotton as a World Power_, cited, ii. 6
Schilling, C., ii. 301 _note_[3]
Schleiden, Rudolph, Minister of Republic of Bremen,
i. 115, 116 _note_, 130;
views of, on Seward and Lincoln, 115-6;
offers services as mediator: plan of an armistice, 121, 122;
visit of, to Richmond, 121-3;
failure of his mediation, 122-3;
report of Russian attitude to privateers, 171 _note_[1];
on _Trent_ affair, 231 _note_[2], 242;
on Lincoln and Seward's attitude to release of envoys, 231 _note_[2];
on attitude of Seward and Sumner to Southern Ports Bill, 248 _note_[3];
quoted, on slavery, ii. 111 _and note_[2]
Schleswig-Holstein question, i. 79; ii. 203-4
Schmidt, _Wheat and Cotton during the Civil War_, cited,
ii. 7 _notes_; 167 _note_[1];
arguments in, examined, 13 _note_[2]
Scholefield, Wm., ii. 193 _note_
Schouler,----, on diplomatic controversies between England and America,
cited, i. 35
Schroeder, quoted on Erlanger's contract to issue Confederate Cotton
Loan, ii. 161-2
Schurz, Carl,
papers of, in library of Congress, cited, i. 117 _note_;
advocates declaration of an anti-slavery purpose in the war, ii. 91, 92;
cited i. 83 _note_[2]
Schwab, _The Confederate States of America_, cited,
ii. 156 _note_[1], 158 _note_[4], 160 _notes_,
162 _note_[3]
Scott, Winfield, American General, on Wilkes' action in _Trent_
affair, i. 218
Sears, _A Confederate Diplomat at the Court of Napoleon III_,
cited, i. 261 _note_, 289 _note_[2]; ii. 24 _note_[1]
Secession States, ports of, i. 253 _note_[1]
Semmes, captain of the _Alabama_, ii. 119
Senior, Nassau W., article on "American Slavery," i. 33;
quoted, 33 _note_[1], 34
Servile insurrection, i. 271; ii. 83, 87;
British apprehension of, i. 93; ii. 49, 79, 80, 81, 101, 110;
emancipation viewed as provocative of, 49, 81, 86, 98, 101, 114;
as an argument for intervention, 98, 101, 103 _note_[6];
use of as a threat, 18-19, 83, 94, 95, 97, 98, 100, 114
Seward, W.H., American Secretary of State,
i. 39, 49, 59, 60, 64, 79, 80, 115;
British view of, 60, 80,
view of, as unfriendly to Great Britain,
39, 67, 68, 113-4, 125 _et seq._ 242;
reputation as a politician, 80, 114, 115;
efforts of, to secure European support for the North, 67, 137, 152;
view of his relation to Lincoln, 114, 115-6, 118, 120, 127-8, 130;
document "Some Thoughts for the President's Consideration,"
118-9, 123, 124;
advice on Fort Sumter, 118, 120;
his "Despatch No. 10", 125-30, 154, 155;
reversal of his policy, 130, 132;
action on Britain's necessity of intercourse with the South, 164;
instructions to American diplomats on slavery as issue, i. 176; ii. 95;
offers facilities for transport of British troops, i. 213 _note_[4];
change of attitude to England, ii. 72;
quarrel with Chase, 72;
influence of, lessened by signing Abolition Proclamation, 100 _note_[2];
friendliness to Lyons, 72, 141;
appreciation of Russell's expression of esteem, 147;
attitude to Russell, 197;
policy in regard to reunion, 197;
plan of collecting import duties at Southern ports, 198;
tests British-French harmony, 198;
anxiety to avoid irritating incidents, 199;
considers abrogation of treaties with Canada, 253-4;
denies rumours of prospective foreign war, 254;
accepts notification of ending of British neutrality, 268-9;
meets with an accident, 257;
attempted murder of, 257-8, 265
_Diplomatic action and views of, with regard to:_
Belligerent rights to South
denial of, i. 87, 102, 169, 233, ii. 182;
remonstrance on concession of, i. 247, 274,
proposes withdrawal of, ii. 264-5, 266;
_See also under_ Declaration of Paris _and_ Neutrality _infra_.
Blockade, i. 54 _note_[1], 65, 246, 295;
interviews with Lyons on, 244, 245, 246, 251, 256, 257;
suggested alleviation of, i. 274
Southern Ports Bill:
reassures Lord Lyons' on American intentions in, i. 249;
attitude to issue of, 248 _note_[3], 250, 251, 252;
on closing of ports by proclamation, 250, 252
Stone Boat Fleet blockade: statement on, i. 256-7
Bunch affair, i. 184, 189, 191 _and note_[4], 192, 193,
194 _and note_[1]
Confederate debts: statement on, ii. 197
Confederate envoys: British intercourse with, i. 105
Confederate shipbuilding in Britain: ii. 121, 139, 140;
effect of seizure of the _Alexandra_ on, 140;
despatch on _Alexandra_ case decision, 143 _and note_[2];
refuses to allow British Consul through the blockade, 148
Cotton:
on proposed French intervention to secure, i. 198, 200;
promises of, based on capture of New Orleans, ii. 16
Declaration of Paris negotiation, i. 137, 141, 145, 147, 150 _et seq._;
statement in refusing convention as modified by Russell, 145;
motives in, 150-2, 153, 169;
hope to influence foreign attitude to Southern belligerent
rights, 150-1, 162, 164, 165, 169;
as part of foreign war policy: considered, 153-4, 155-6
Emancipation Proclamation:
urges postponement of, ii. 37. 85, 95, 96, 98, 114;
informed as to effect of, on intervention, 98, 99
comments on purpose of, 99-100
the "high moral purpose" argument, ii. 100;
proposes convention for transport of emancipated slaves, 100
Hampton Roads Conference, ii. 252;
attitude to Britain after, 253-4
Intervention:
attitude to, i. 145, 178, 200;
threat of servile war and, ii. 18-19, 22, 95;
instructions to Adams on, 35-6, 96-7;
view of the effect of emancipation, on, 98, 114.
_See also_ Mediation _infra_.
Irish Emigrants:
enlistment of, ii. 201
Mediation:
attitude to, i. 283 _note_[1], 297; ii. 18, 57 _note_[2];
by France, i. 283 _note_[1];
by Russia, 283 _note_[1];
view of England's refusal to act with France in, ii. 71, 72;
declines French offer of, 76
_See also_ Intervention _supra_.
Mercier's Richmond visit, i. 280-4, 286;
statement to Lyons:
view of Confederate position, 286;
newspaper statement on, 287
Napoleon's Mexican policy:
attitude to, ii. 198
Neutrality Proclamations:
representations on, i. 100, 101;
despatch on American view of, 101, 103 _note_[1], 134;
refusal to receive officially, 102-3, 132, 133,
153 _and note_[2], 164;
efforts to secure recall of, 152-3, 169, 198, 234, 274-5, 300, 301
Privateering, i. 160;
convention with Russia, 171 _note_.
_See also_ Southern Privateering _infra_.
"Privateering Bill:"
use of, ii. 121 _note_[3], 141, 151;
on the purpose and use of the privateers, 122-3, 125, 137, 143;
conversations with Lyons on, 125, 126;
on necessity for issuing letters of marque, 126, 143;
advised by Adams against issue of privateers, 131, 139
Recognition of Southern Independence, i. 65, 74, 198
Servile War threat, ii. 18-19, 22, 83, 95, 98
Slave Trade Treaty with Great Britain, i. 10, 275, 276; ii. 90
Southern privateering:
view of, i. 104, 105;
efforts to influence European attitude to,
i. 104, 150-1, 154, 162, 164, 169;
attitude on issue of privateers from British ports, ii. 126, 127
_Trent_ affair:
reception of British demands in, i. 230, 232, 233;
on Wilkes' action, 231;
attitude to release of envoys, 231 _and note_[2], 232, 233, 234, 236;
British opinion on Seward in, 239
Foreign Policy:
high tone, i. 236, 252 _and note_[1], 301;
restoration of the Union as basis of, 236;
influences affecting, ii. 95, 100
Foreign war panacea, i. 60, 113, 120, 123-4, 125, 126 _note_[1],
127, 130, 132, 134-5, 137, 154, 155, 214;
appreciation of, 136.
Southern conciliation policy of, i. 49, 83, 117, 118, 120-1, 123, 125;
expectations from Union sentiment in the South, 60, 117;
aids Schieiden's Richmond visit, 121-3;
communications with Confederate Commissioners, 117-8, 120
Appreciation and criticism of:
by British statesmen and press in 1865.... ii. 257;
_Times_ tribute to, 257;
Horace Greeley's attack on, i. 280 _note_[1];
Gregory's attack on, i. 269;
Lyons' view of, i. 59, 60;
Adams' admiration for i. 80, 127
British suspicion of, i. 113, 114, 128, 133, 136, 227, 235-6;
ii. 101 _note_[1];
the Newcastle story, 80, 114, 216, 227;
Thurlow Weeds' efforts to remove, 227;
Adams' view, 227
Otherwise mentioned,
i. 66, 163 _notes_, 177, 186, 188, 209, 212, 213, 217;
ii. 39, 84, 123 _note_[2], 170, 173, 175, 223, 225,
245 _note_[1], 259, 281
Shelburne, Earl of, i. 240
Sheridan's campaign in the Shenandoah, views in French press on,
ii. 236 _note_[2]
Sherman, General:
Atlanta campaign of, ii. 217;
captures Atlanta, 233;
march to the sea, 243-5;
captures Savannah, 245, 249, 300-1;
campaign against Johnston, 248;
reports of pillaging and burning by his army, 265;
mentioned, 215
Russell, W.H., views of, on Sherman's campaigns, ii. 230, 232-3, 243
_Times_ view of his campaigns, ii. 212, 227, 232, 243-6
Shiloh, General Grant's victory at, i. 278
Shipbuilding by Confederates in neutral ports, ii. 116, 117 _note_[1], 128;
Continental opinion of international law on, 121 _note_[1]
_Shipping Gazette_, quoted, ii. 14
Shrewsbury, Earl of, cited on democracy in America and its failure, ii. 282
Slavery:
cotton supplies and, i. 13;
controversy in America on, 32, 36;
English opinion on, 31-5, 37-8, 40;
as an issue in the Civil War, 45, 46, 173, 175, 176, 179, 181, 241, 242;
ii. 78, 88-93, 222;
Confederates identified with, i. 71; ii. 220;
Southern arguments for, 3 _and note_[2];
attitude of the North to, 78;
growth of anti-slavery sentiment, 83, 84;
failure of the slaves to rise, 86;
Northern declaration on, urged, 98-9, 107;
British public meetings on, 109 _note_[2];
Southern declaration on, 106.
_See also_ African Slave Trade, Emancipation, Servile Insurrection, etc.
Slidell, John, "Special Commissioner of the Confederates" to France,
i. 203; captured on the _Trent_, 204-5, 234 _and note_[2];
connection of with Napoleon's Mexican policy, 261 _note_[1];
plan of action of, 264-5;
received by Thouvenel, 266 _note_[1];
view on Continental and British interests in the blockade,
267 _note_[3], 273;
view of Mercier's Richmond visit, 228;
on Lindsay's interviews with Napoleon, 292;
views of, on the capture of New Orleans, 296;
idea to demand recognition from France, 306, 307; ii. 25, 28;
hopes of mediation by France, ii. 19, 25;
interview of, with Napoleon, 23, 24;
makes offers to Napoleon and to Thouvenel, 24, 25;
letter to Benjamin on failure to secure intervention, 29;
interview with Napoleon on Armistice, 59 _and note_[2], 60;
memorandum of, to the Emperor, asking for separate recognition, 75;
on shipbuilding for Confederates in France, 128;
quoted on position of France
in relation to mediation, 155;
and Confederate Cotton Loan, 158 _and note_[3], 159, 161, 163;
interview of, with Napoleon, on recognition, 167;
and Napoleon's instruction on recognition
in Roebuck's motion, 168-9, 172;
and Mason's recall, 180, 181, 182;
opinion of Russell, 213;
suggestion on Lindsay's motion, 213;
disappointment at result of Mason's interview with Palmerston, 215;
opinion on European attitude to the South, 215;
interview with Napoleon on the abolition of slavery in return for
recognition, 249-50;
quoted on Lee's surrender 256-7;
appreciation of as diplomatic agent, ii. 25, 180 _note_[3];
correspondence of, i. 261 _note_;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 154 _note_[1].
_See also under heading_ Confederate Commissioners
Smith, Goldwin, ii. 136 _note_[2], 189 _note_[2];
on Gladstone and Canada, 69, 70 _note_[1];
quoted on the influence of the _Times_,
178 _note_[3], 189 _note_[2];
on the _Daily Telegraph_, 189 _note_[2];
tribute of, to T.B. Potter, 224 _note_[3];
view of the _Times_ attitude to democracy, 299;
criticism of the privileged classes of Great Britain, 303-4
_America and England in their present relations_, quoted,
ii. 304, _and note_[2]
_Civil War, The, in America_, cited, ii. 223 _note_[2],
224 _note_[3]; quoted, 304 _note_[1]
Does the Bible sanction American Slavery?" ii. 110
_Letter, A, to a Whig Member of the Southern Independence
Association_, ii. 194-5; quoted, 299
Smith, T.C., _Parties and Slavery_, cited, ii. 3 _note_[2]
Society for Promoting the Cessation of Hostilities in America, ii. 207;
letters of, to Members of Parliament, 207-8, 210-11;
deputation of, to Palmerston, 216
Somerset, Duke of, i. 207
South Carolina, secession of, i. 41, 44;
_Times_ view on, 55;
and restoration of Colonial relations: some British misconceptions
on, 43, 44 _and note_
Southern Independence Association, The, ii. 185, 189, 191-5, 204, 220, 298;
cessation of meetings of, 193-4, 222-3;
apathy and dissension in, 205, 207, 208;
resolution and deputation to Palmerston, 210-2, 216;
ticket meetings, 239;
Oldham meeting, 239, 240
Southern Ports Bill. _See_ Blockade
Southern States:
attitude of, to protection policy, i. 21, 47;
and reciprocity treaty with British-American provinces, 21-2;
influences directing British trade to, 22;
British press attitude to, 40-48 _passim_;
characterization of, 41;
right of secession, 42, 82, 175, 176, 269;
tariff as a cause for secession, 47;
question of recognition considered, 58;
secession, 172-3;
preparations for war, 172;
recognized as belligerents, 190, 191, 172;
expulsion of British Consuls, by, ii. 148 _note_[2];
activities of British friends of, 152, 187-8, 190, 193-4, 239, 298;
Conservative hopes for success of, 300;
views on French attitude, ii. 236 _note_[2];
effect of the fall of Savannah on, 246;
end of the Confederacy, 248, 259, 268;
hope of, from "foreign war," 252;
effect on, of Lincoln's assassination 258;
withdrawal of belligerent rights to, 264-6;
end of the war; naval policy towards, 266-7
Belligerent rights, recognition of,
i. 87, 88, 95, 108, 109, 150, 151, 155, 166 _note_[3].
_See_ Neutrality Proclamations.
Commissioners of, _See under_ Confederate Commissioners
Cotton, obsession as to, i. 252 _note_[2]; ii. 4, 5
Cotton Loan, ii. 155 _et seq._ 179;
reception of, in England, 160-1;
amounts realized by, 162
Declaration of Paris negotiation:
attitude to, i. 186
Finance, ii. 156 _et seq._
Hampton Roads Conference:
suggestions in, ii. 252-3
Leaders of:
British information on, i. 58-9
Manifesto to Europe, ii. 241 _and note_[2], 242
Mediation:
feeling in, on England's refusal of, ii. 71 _and note_[2];
hope of change in British policy on, 213-4
Military resources:
decline of, ii. 219;
desertions from the Army, 222
Negroes, arming of, ii. 240-1, 251
Privateering. _See that heading._
Recognition of independence:
anger at failure to secure, i. 252 _note_[2];
desire for, without mediation, ii. 217
Secret service funds, ii. 154 _note_[1]
Shipbuilding in British ports for, ii. 115 _et seq._;
British protest to, on, 148.
_See also under_ Alabama, Laird Rams, Oreto, etc.
Slavery attitude, ii. 88 _and note_[3];
intention of gradual emancipation, 98;
British views on, 220;
offer of abolition in return for recognition, 249-51
Spain, and Mexican debts, i. 259, 260
Spargo, _Karl Marx_, cited, ii. 292 _note_[1]
_Spectator_, The, i. 70 _note_[1]; ii. 231 _note_;
constant advocacy of Northern cause, i. 39;
on Lincoln's election, 39;
views on the Civil War, 41, 69, 100, 181;
on secession, 57;
on Proclamation of Neutrality, 100, 136 _note_[1];
attacks Bulwer Lytton's speech on dissolution of the Union, 182;
on servile insurrection and emancipation, ii. 79, 80;
on British Press attitude to emancipation, 89;
on declaration of anti-slavery purpose in the war, 89;
on the Emancipation Proclamation, 104-5;
on British lack of sympathy with the North, 280;
on anti-slavery sympathies and view of democracy in England, 280;
otherwise mentioned, i. 180; ii. 105, 223 _note_[1], 282
Spence, James, i. 183 _note_[2], 266 _and note_[2];
conferences of, in London, 266, 267, 272 _and note_[1], 273;
prevents demonstration by cotton operatives, 300;
plan to appeal to the Tories, ii. 153, 155, 164;
as Confederate financial adviser, 156, 157, 158;
and Confederate Cotton Loan, 159, 161-2;
urges withdrawal of Roebuck's motion, 173-4;
effect of the fall of Vicksburg on, 179;
organization of Southern Clubs by, 186-7, 188, 189, 190;
hopes for intervention, 187-8, 189-90;
organization of Southern Independence Association by, 191;
organization of meetings by, 191, 222-3;
organizes petitions to Parliament, 193;
comments of, on the Palmerston-Mason interview, 216-7;
on slavery clause in Southern Independence Association's address, 220
Slidell's opinion of, i. 266 _note_[3]; ii. 159;
Otherwise mentioned, i. 302; ii. 49 _note_[2], 181, 193
_The American Union_, i. 183 _and note_[2], 266 _note_[3];
ii. 112
Spencer, Herbert, quoted, i. 38
Spurgeon, C. H., prayer of, for victory of the North, ii. 109-110
Stanley of Alderley, Lord, ii. 42
Stephen, Leslie, meeting of, with Seward, ii. 176 _note_[2]
Stephens, Alexander H., Vice-President of Southern Government,
i. 59, 81, 121;
interview of, with Schleiden, 122, 123;
discussion of, with Seward on Confederate foreign war plan, ii. 252
Stevenson, American Minister to London, letter of, to Palmerston,
quoted, i. 109-10
Stoeckl, Russian Minister at Washington:
view of the secession, i. 53 _note_[3];
on Russian policy in Declaration of Paris negotiations, 164 _note_[1];
on privateers in Northern Pacific, 171 _note_[1];
and recognition of the South, 196 _note_[3],
and Mercier's Richmond visit, 283 _and note_[1];
on mediation, 283 _note_[1];
ii. 37 _and note_[1], 59 _note_[4], 70 _note_[2], 76;
comments of, on Emancipation Proclamation, 107 _note_[1];
on the reconciliation of North and South followed by a foreign war, 251;
Seward's request to, on withdrawal of Southern belligerent rights, 265;
views on probable policy of Britain at the beginning
of the Civil War, 269-70, 271;
on the Civil War as a warning against democracy, 297 _note_[4];
Otherwise mentioned, i. 54 _note_[1]; ii. 45 _note_[2]
Stone Boat Fleet. _See_ Blockade.
Story, William Wetmore, i. 228, 256;
letters of, in _Daily News_, 228 _and note_[4]
Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher, and the _Saturday Review_, i. 181;
mentioned, ii. 89-90, 109
_Uncle Tom's Cabin_, i. 33 _and note_[1]
Stowell, Lord, i. 208
Stuart--, British Minister at Washington:
report of new Northern levies of men, ii. 30;
on recognition, 30 _and note_[3];
views on British policy, 30 _note_[3];
attitude to intervention and recognition, 36, 37, 66 _note_[3];
report of Lincoln's emancipation proclamation, 37, 98;
suggestion of armistice, 47;
account of Federal "reprisals," 66 _note_[3];
on servile insurrection, 97;
describes Emancipation proclamation as a _brutum fulmen_, 101
Otherwise mentioned, ii. 25, 26, 66 _note_[3], 70, 100,
101 _note_[1]
Sturge, Joseph, _A Visit to the United States in_ 1841, cited, i. 29
Sumner, Charles, i. 79, 80;
Brooks' attack on, 33, 80;
hope of, for appointment as Minister to England, 55 _and note_[2];
views on annexation of Canada, 55;
in _Trent_ affair, 231, 232, 234 _note_[3];
attitude to Southern Ports Bill, 248 _and note_[3];
advocacy of abolition, ii. 81, 90;
conversations with Lincoln on abolition, 82, 86;
attitude to Privateering Bill, 123, 124;
otherwise mentioned, i. 49 _note_, 83, 130 _note_[1], 220;
ii. 80, 132, 184, 247, 262, 280
Sumter, Fort, fall of, i. 63, 73, 74, 83, 120, 172, 173;
Seward's policy on reinforcement of, 118
Sutherland, Rev. Dr., prayer of in American Senate, i. 233 _note_
Tariff Bill (U.S.) of 1816, i. 19;
of 1828, 21
Taylor, P.A., abolitionist, ii. 224;
eulogy of George Thompson, 224 _note_[1]
Taylor, Tom, poem by, in _Punch_, on the death of Lincoln, ii. 259
Tennessee joins Confederate States, i. 173
Texas, State of:
revolts from Mexico, i. 12;
Great Britain sends diplomatic and consular agents to, 12;
independence of, as affecting British policy, 13-16;
enters the American Union, 14, 15, 16;
in War of Independence against Mexico protests against shipbuilding
for Mexico in Britain, ii. 117 _note_[1];
mentioned, 266
Thompson and Wainwright, _Confidential Correspondence of G.V. Fox,
etc._, cited, i. 257 _note_[3]
Thompson, George, organizer of the London Emancipation Society, ii. 91;
work of, for emancipation, 109, 224 _and note_[1];
mentioned, 109 _note_[2], 184, 191
Thouvenel, M., French Foreign Minister, i. 88, 143;
in the Declaration of Paris negotiations,
151, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 163;
initiates negotiations with Confederates, 157, 189;
policy of, for relief of French need for cotton, 196, 197, 198;
attitude of, in Charleston consuls case, 189;
and Southern Ports Bill, 247, 248 _and notes_, 249 _and note_[4];
interview with Slidell, 266 _note_[1];
attitude of, to mediation, 266 _note_[1], 279; ii. 19-20, 28;
on difficulties due to lack of cotton, i. 279, 293-4;
conversations on Lindsay's interview with Napoleon, 291, 293;
and Mercier's Richmond visit, 280, 281, 282, 285, 288, 299;
conversation with Napoleon on the blockade and recognition of
the South, 294;
on French neutrality, 299;
opposition to Napoleon on American policy, ii. 19 _and note_[3], 20, 39;
Slidell's offer to, on mediation, 24, 25;
reply of, to Russell's unofficial suggestion of mediation, 38-9, 46;
retirement of, 45, 59;
view of England's advantage from dissolution of the Union, 270 _note_[2];
otherwise mentioned, i. 275, 289
_Times_, The:
characteristics of, as newspaper, i. 42, 229 _note_[2];
ii. 178 _note_[2], 228, 230 _note_[2], 234;
influence on public opinion, 178 _note_[3], 189 _and note_[2], 228;
influence on public press, 226, 230 _note_[3];
accuracy of reports in, 226;
pro-Southern attitude in last year of the conflict, 226-8, 242, 244
_and note_[3];
attitude to Hotze, 154 _note_[1];
relations of, with W. H. Russell,
i. 177, 178, ii. 228, 229 _and note_[1]
Criticisms of:
John Bright's view of, i. 55 _note_[3];
citations of anti-Americanism in, 217 _note_[1];
Cobden, on, 222 _note_;
Canadian opinion on, 222 _note_;
in _Index_, ii. 228;
in _Morning Star_, 228;
Goldwin Smith's attack on, 299
"Historicus," articles by, in. _See under_ "Historicus."
_Views expressed in, on:_
Civil War: non-idealistic, i. 89, 97;
prints Motley's letter on causes of, 174-5
Confederate Manifesto, ii. 242
Cotton, i. 55; ii. 7 _and note_[1], 14 15
Democracy: attitude to, i. 8; ii. 280-1, 284, 289, 297, 300;
change of view on, 289-90, 291, 297;
comparison of British and United States Governments, 286;
attack on John Bright, 295-6
Foreign war plans of America on, ii. 252, 254
Gladstone's speech, ii. 49 _note_[1]
Laird Rams, ii. 146
Lincoln:
on Slavery speech of, i. 38;
on re-election of, ii. 234-5, 238;
appreciations of, after his death, ii. 259-61
Lindsay's proposed motion: ii. 205-6
Mediation, i. 303, 305; ii. 67
Military situation, ii. 165, 176 _and note_[2], 178, 297;
after Gettysburg, ii. 180 _and note_[1], 228 _note_[3];
Lee's Northern advance, 176;
on Grant's reverses and Sherman's march on Atlanta,
212, 227, 232, 243;
capture of Atlanta, 233, 234, 235;
fall of Savannah, 245-6, 300-1;
Lee's surrender, 255-6;
appreciation of Lee's campaign, 256;
Northern ability in war, 256;
Sherman's campaign, 301 _note_[1]
Neutrality in non-idealistic war i. 89, 97
Northern ability in war, ii. 256
Privateers, i. 158
Proclamation of Neutrality, i. 103-4, 158
Roebuck's motion, ii. 173, 176, 296 _note_[2]
Secession, i. 45, 68
Seward, i. 216; ii. 257
Slavery:
attitude to controversy on, i. 32, 55;
condemnation of, 38-9, 40, 71;
on Northern attitude to, ii. 89;
Emancipation Proclamation, 102-3, 104;
criticism of anti-slavery meetings, 108;
on Biblical sanction of, 110
South, The:
condemnation of, i. 38-9, 40;
lawless element in, 40, 41;
changing views on, at opening of the war,
55 _and note_[3], 56-7, 68-9;
demand of, for recognition, ii. 181;
renewed confidence in, ii. 210 _and note_[2]
Southern shipbuilding, ii. 145, 146
_Trent_ affair, i. 216-7, 225-6, 237
War of 1812 ... i. 8
"Yankee," The, ii. 246
Otherwise mentioned, i. 174; ii. 65 _and note_[1],
160, 201 _and note_[2], 204 _and note_[2], 295
Toombs (Confederate Secretary of State), i. 129; ii. 4 _note_[3]
Toronto _Globe_, the, cited, i. 222 _note_
Trades Unions of London, meeting of, ii. 132-3, 134, 291-3
Train, George Francis, of the _New York Herald_, speeches of,
in England, ii. 224 _note_[2]
Treaty of Washington (1842) i. 4, 9
Tremenheere, H.S., _The Constitution of the United States_, etc.,
cited, ii. 275 _note_[2]
Tremlett, F.W., quoted, ii. 211-12
_Trent_ affair. The, i. 195, 203 _and note_, 204 _et seq._
British demands in, i. 212-3, 226, 230,
points of the complaint, 214 _note_[1];
American reply, 232, 234
British views on, i. 203, 216, 216-8, 221-4, 225, 226-7;
American exultation in, 205-6, 218, 219;
effect of in Canada, 222 _note_;
Cabinet members' sentiments on, 223;
change in American views, 226, 230-1;
British speculation on probable war, 228, 229;
European support of Britain in, 229, 235;
French views on, 230, 234-5;
release of envoys, 235;
American feeling after settlement of, 236 _and note_[3], 237;
Parliamentary debate on conclusion of, 240-1, 262, 265, 274;
influence of, on British policy in relation to the Civil War, 242;
ii. 15-16;
Southerners' action in, i. 211 _note_[1];
effect of, on British cotton trade, ii. 9
Otherwise mentioned, i. 171 _note_[1], 201, 202, 244, 253, 254;
ii. 72, 131
Trescott, William Henry, i. 186, 188
_Tribune_, The New York, cited, i. 280 _note_[1]
Trimble, W., "Surplus Food Production of the United States,"
cited, ii. 13 _note_[2]
Trollope, Anthony, i. 239 _and note_[5], 240; ii. 153;
description of the United States citizen by, ii. 287-8
_North America_, i. 239; ii. 153, 287, 288 _and note_[1]
Trollope, Mrs., i. 27, 48
Tyler, President, i. 10
Union and Emancipation Society of London, The:
Bright's speech to, ii. 295
United Empire Loyalists, i. 8 _note_
United States:
Citizenship: theory of, i. 5-6 _and note_
Commercial relations with Great Britain, i. 17 _et seq._
Democracy in, _See under_ Democracy.
International law, influence of U.S. on, belligerent and neutral
rights in, i. 5-10, 140
Naval power:
agitation for increase of, i. 123
Policy in the Civil War, ii. 197
_See under_ Adams, Lincoln, Seward, _and subject-headings_
Political principles of:
British sympathy for, i. 3, 26
Political institutions in:
views of travellers and writers, i. 30; ii. 274 _et seq._
Population, growth of, i. 12
Protection policy:
beginnings of, i. 18-19, 20-1;
reaction against in the South, 21
Territorial expansion, i. 12 _et seq._
_See also under subject-headings._
United States Supreme Court:
decision on Lincoln's blockade proclamations, i. 110 _note_[3]
Van Buren, President, i. 109
Vansittart, William, ii. 187, 193 _note_
Vicksburg, capture of,
ii. 143, 165, 176 _note_[2], 178, 228 _note_[3], 296;
Southern defence of, 164, 165, 178;
importance of, in the military situation, 165
Victoria, Queen, i. 76, 96, 168, 190 _note_[2]; ii. 40, 190, 262;
pro-German influence of, 203 _note_[3];
writes personal letter of sympathy to Mrs. Lincoln, 262
Vignaud, Henry, ii. 154 _note_[1]
Virginia, State of, i. 121, 122, 172, 245
Vogt, A., ii. 301 _note_[3]
Wales, Prince of, visit to United States in 1860, ... i. 80
Walker, Mr., and employment of ex-slaves in British Guiana, ii. 100
Wallbridge, General Hiram, ii. 123 _and note_[2]
Warburton, George _Hochelaga_: i. 29
Washington, President, i. 11
Watts, _Cotton, Famine_, ii. 6 _note_[2]
Weed, Thurlow, i. 114 _and notes_, 129, 227, 231; ii. 130 _note_[2]
Welles, United States Secretary of the Navy, ii. 199;
in _Trent_ affair, congratulates Wilkes, i. 220;
attitude to the "Privateering Bill," ii. 123 _note_[2], 128, 137;
mentioned, 84, 96
West Indian Colonies, i. 3;
American trade with, 17, 19, 20, 21;
slavery in, 31
Westbury, Lord, i. 262-3; ii. 64
_Westminster Review_, The, i. 48, 70 _and note_[1], 71
Wharncliffe, Lord, ii. 187, 193 _note_
Wheat and cotton in the Civil War, ii. 13 _note_[2]
Whig sympathy for American political principles, i. 26, 28
White, Andrew D., "A Letter to W.H. Russell,"
etc. cited, ii. 229 _note_[1]
Whittier, J.G., i. 29, 47
Wilberforce, Samuel, i. 31
Williams, Commander, R.N., i. 204
Wilkes, Captain, of the _San Jacinto_, intercepts the _Trent_,
i. 204, 216, 219-20;
American national approbation of, 219-20;
Seward on, 233;
his action officially stated to be unauthorized, 226, 254
Wilmington, N.C., i. 253 _note_[1]; ii. 247
Wilson, President, i. 90 _note_
Wodehouse, Lord, i. 84
Yancey, Southern Commissioner, i. 63, 82 _and note_, 85, 86, 264;
ii. 4 _note_[3], 223 _note_[1]
Yeomans, cited, i. 38