Proclamation, 103;
on the causes of the war, 281
Elliot, charge, i. 14
Elliott, E.N., editor of _Cotton is King and Pro-Slavery Arguments_,
ii. 3 _note_[2]
Emancipation, Proclamation of: ii. 74, 78, 80, 86 _and note_[1], 91;
idea of military necessity for, 81, 82, 85, 87;
Lincoln's alleged purpose in, 87;
purpose of, according to Seward, 99-100;
viewed as an incitement to servile insurrection, 49, 74, 98, 101, 103
_note_[6]
American reception of, ii. 101, 105
British attitude to, ii. 101 _et seq._;
Press denunciation of, 102-5, 106;
public meetings in favour of, 106 _and note_[2], 107, 108;
English women's support of, 109;
Nonconformist support, 109, 110;
Emancipation societies support of, 110
Confiscation Bill, _See that heading_
_See also_ Border States _and sub-heading under_ Lincoln
Emigration, British, to America, i. 23-4; ii. 200-1;
_Kearsarge_ incident, 200-1
England: cotton famine. _See under_ Cotton.
_See_ Great Britain
Erlanger & Co. and Confederate Cotton Loan,
ii. 158-60, 161, 162 _and note_[3]
European opinion of the Civil War after duration of three years, ii. 219
Eustis, i. 204, 234 _note_[2]
Evans, William, ii. 224
Everett, Edward, Russell's letter to, on Proclamation of Neutrality,
i. 166 _note_[3]
Ewart, question by, in the House of Commons, on Privateers, i. 90
Expatriation, American and British views on, i. 16

Fairfax, Lieut., of the _San Jacinto_, i. 205
Farnall's "Reports on Distress in the Manufacturing Districts,"
ii. 12 _note_, 20
Fawcett, Prof., ii. 224 _note_[3]
Featherstonaugh, G.W., _Excursion through the Slave States_, cited, i. 29
Federals. _See under _Northern
Ferguson, Sir James, i. 268; ii. 175
Ferrand, attack by, on cotton manufacturers in the Commons, ii. 164
_Fishmongers of London_: Meeting in honour of Yancey, ii. 223 _note_[1]
Fitzgerald, Seymour, i. 306; ii. 25
Fitzwilliam, Hon. C., ii. 193
Flahault, M. de, French Ambassador, i. 88, 197, 260 _note_[1],
288, 291, 293; ii. 19 _note_[3], 45
Forbes, J.M., and Aspinwall, Mission of, in England, ii. 130 _note_[2], 297
Forbes, J. M., quoted on the Civil War viewed as a fight for Democracy,
ii. 297
Forster, William E., i. 58 _and note_[2];
a friend of the North, 58 _note_[2]; ii. 224;
quoted, on Harriet Martineau, i. 70 _note_[3];
question in Commons on privateering, 94, 157;
speech against Gregory's motion on blockade, 268, 270;
speech on mediation and intervent