Great Britain and the American Civil War

Chapter 61

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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;