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
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