Volume 2 — INDEX (continued 2)

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.

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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