ition, 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 a