of, to Seward on attitude to be observed to Britain, 253-255;
attitude to Seward's complaints of British and Canadian offences,
253-4;
comments of, on parliamentary debate and Bright's speech of
confidence in Lincoln, 255 _and note_[1];
on feeling in Britain over Lincoln's assassination and the attempt
on Seward, 257, 262-3;
receives addresses of sympathy from British organizations, 262-3;
and formal declaration of the end of the war, 268;
faith of, in ultimate British opinion on the issues in the Civil
War, ii. 283;
views of, on the political controversy in England as influencing
attitude to America 284, 285;
advice to Seward on the political position in relation to
democracy, 290, 294, 296, 298 _note_[1];
quoted on the rising of democratic feeling in Britain, 291;
disappointed in attitude of British friends of progress, 278, 279,
280;
report of, on London mass meeting in favour of the North, 284;
and the Trades Unions of London meeting, 292, 294-5;
quoted on John Bright, 298;
on the attitude of the privileged classes to democracy,
298 _note_[2], 300;
on the influence of American institutions on the political
movement in Great Britain, 302

_Diplomatic action and views of, in regard to:_
_Alabama case_: ii. 35, 120 _and note_[2], 121, 131
British Foreign Enlistment Act, i. 135, 148-9; ii. 201-2
Bunch controversy, i. 186, 187, 190, 193, 195
Confederate Commissioners: representations on intercourse with,
i. 105-6, 107
Confederate Cotton Loan: reported connection with, ii. 161
_and note_[4];
views on, 179
Confederate Shipbuilding in England: protests against, ii. 118,
128, 131, 137, 143, 145 _note_[2];
and U.S. Navy Department plan to stop, 130 _note_[2];
Laird Rams incident, 144, 146, 147 _note_[1], 150
Cotton: report on British position, ii. 99
Declaration of Paris negotiation:
action on proposed convention, i. 141-69 _passim_;
view of American intention, 144, 169;
failure of his negotiation, 137, 145-6, 169-71
Gladstone and Lewis speeches, ii. 55
Irish emigrants, enlistment of, ii. 201-2
Lindsay's efforts for mediation, ii. 34-5. 212
Mediation:
presents the "servile war" threat against, ii. 18-19, 95;
view of England's reply to French proposals on, 71;
advantages of an anti-slavery avowal, 98-9
Neutrality Law, _S