13;
controversy in America on, 32, 36;
English opinion on, 31-5, 37-8, 40;
as an issue in the Civil War, 45, 46, 173, 175, 176, 179, 181, 241, 242;
ii. 78, 88-93, 222;
Confederates identified with, i. 71; ii. 220;
Southern arguments for, 3 _and note_[2];
attitude of the North to, 78;
growth of anti-slavery sentiment, 83, 84;
failure of the slaves to rise, 86;
Northern declaration on, urged, 98-9, 107;
British public meetings on, 109 _note_[2];
Southern declaration on, 106.
_See also_ African Slave Trade, Emancipation, Servile Insurrection, etc.
Slidell, John, "Special Commissioner of the Confederates" to France,
i. 203; captured on the _Trent_, 204-5, 234 _and note_[2];
connection of with Napoleon's Mexican policy, 261 _note_[1];
plan of action of, 264-5;
received by Thouvenel, 266 _note_[1];
view on Continental and British interests in the blockade,
267 _note_[3], 273;
view of Mercier's Richmond visit, 228;
on Lindsay's interviews with Napoleon, 292;
views of, on the capture of New Orleans, 296;
idea to demand recognition from France, 306, 307; ii. 25, 28;
hopes of mediation by France, ii. 19, 25;
interview of, with Napoleon, 23, 24;
makes offers to Napoleon and to Thouvenel, 24, 25;
letter to Benjamin on failure to secure intervention, 29;
interview with Napoleon on Armistice, 59 _and note_[2], 60;
memorandum of, to the Emperor, asking for separate recognition, 75;
on shipbuilding for Confederates in France, 128;
quoted on position of France
in relation to mediation, 155;
and Confederate Cotton Loan, 158 _and note_[3], 159, 161, 163;
interview of, with Napoleon, on recognition, 167;
and Napoleon's instruction on recognition
in Roebuck's motion, 168-9, 172;
and Mason's recall, 180, 181, 182;
opinion of Russell, 213;
suggestion on Lindsay's motion, 213;
disappointment at result of Mason's interview with Palmerston, 215;
opinion on European attitude to the South, 215;
interview with Napoleon on the abolition of slavery in return for
recognition, 249-50;
quoted on Lee's surrender 256-7;
appreciation of as diplomatic agent, ii. 25, 180 _note_[3];
correspondence of, i. 261 _note_;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 154 _note_[1].
_See also under heading_ Confederate Commissioners
Smith, Goldwin, ii. 136 _note_[2], 189 _note_[2];
on Gladstone and Canada, 69, 70 _note_[1];
quoted on the influence of the _Time