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]
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
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
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