Chapter XVIII: The Key-Note of British Attitude (3)

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