Chapter 41

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] _Merrimac_, The, i. 276, 277 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 Montgomery, Ala., i. 81, 82 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;