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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,