Chapter XVIII: The Key-Note of British Attitude (4)

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