British order to stop
departure, 119, 120 and note[2], 133;
Russell’s private feelings as to, 121, 124;
public opinion in Great Britain on, 129-130;
Palmerston’s defence of Government action on, 134-5;
American anger over, 119, 127;
measures against, 121-3, 127;
New York Chamber of Commerce protest on, 126;
claim for damages on account of, 151 note[1];
mentioned, i. 138; ii. 129 note[1], 131, 134, 136, 145, 146
Alexandra, case, The:
Seizure of the vessel, ii. 136, 139, 140, 152, 161 note[4];
public approval, 136;
law actions on, 136 note[2], 142, 149, 152, 185, 195;
American anxiety at Court decision, 143;
final result, 196 note[2]
America, Central: British-American
disputes in, i. 16, 17
American:
Civil War: i. 86, 87 and note[2], 99;
British public and official views at the commencement of, 40-60;
origins of; American and British views, i. 47-8;
efforts at compromise, 49;
British official attitude on outbreak of, 73;
European opinion of, after duration of three years, ii. 219;
compared with the Great War in Europe, 219;
British attitude to democracy as determining attitude to the War,
i. 77; ii. 303-5;
bearing of, on democracy in Great Britain, 299
Union, The: British views of, i. 15;
prognostications of its dissolution, 36, 37
War of Independence, i. 2-3, 17;
adjustments after the Treaty of Peace, 3;
as fostering militant patriotism, 7, 8 note;
commercial relations after, 17-18
“War of 1812” i. 4, 7, 18;
causes leading to, 5-7;
New England opposition to, 7, 18;
effect of, on American National unity, 7
See also under United States
Anderson, Major, Northern Commander at Fort Sumter, i. 117 Anderson’s Mission, ii. 53 note[3];
reports, ii. 53 and note[2]
Andrews, Governor of Massachusetts, i. 219-20
Anthropological Society of London, ii. 222
Antietam, defeat of Lee by McClellan at, ii. 43, 85, 105;
effect of, on Lord Palmerston, 43
Archibald, British Consul at New York, i. 63, 64
Argyll, Duke of, i. 179, 212;
anti-slavery attitude of, i. 179, 238; ii. 112;
views of, in Trent crisis, i. 212, 215, 229, 238;
on calamity of war with America, 215, 238;
on Northern determination, ii. 30
Arkansas joins Confederate States, i. 172
Army and Navy Gazette, The, ii. 228, 229;
attitude in the conflict, 229-30, 236;
on the Presidential election, 235-6, 238;
summary of military situation after Atlanta, 243;
on “foreign war” rumours, 251;
cited or quoted, 68, 166, 232-3, 243.
(See also under Russell, W.H.)
Arnold, Matthew, views on the secession, i. 47;
on British “superiority,”
departure, 119, 120 and note[2], 133;
Russell’s private feelings as to, 121, 124;
public opinion in Great Britain on, 129-130;
Palmerston’s defence of Government action on, 134-5;
American anger over, 119, 127;
measures against, 121-3, 127;
New York Chamber of Commerce protest on, 126;
claim for damages on account of, 151 note[1];
mentioned, i. 138; ii. 129 note[1], 131, 134, 136, 145, 146
Alexandra, case, The:
Seizure of the vessel, ii. 136, 139, 140, 152, 161 note[4];
public approval, 136;
law actions on, 136 note[2], 142, 149, 152, 185, 195;
American anxiety at Court decision, 143;
final result, 196 note[2]
America, Central: British-American
disputes in, i. 16, 17
American:
Civil War: i. 86, 87 and note[2], 99;
British public and official views at the commencement of, 40-60;
origins of; American and British views, i. 47-8;
efforts at compromise, 49;
British official attitude on outbreak of, 73;
European opinion of, after duration of three years, ii. 219;
compared with the Great War in Europe, 219;
British attitude to democracy as determining attitude to the War,
i. 77; ii. 303-5;
bearing of, on democracy in Great Britain, 299
Union, The: British views of, i. 15;
prognostications of its dissolution, 36, 37
War of Independence, i. 2-3, 17;
adjustments after the Treaty of Peace, 3;
as fostering militant patriotism, 7, 8 note;
commercial relations after, 17-18
“War of 1812” i. 4, 7, 18;
causes leading to, 5-7;
New England opposition to, 7, 18;
effect of, on American National unity, 7
See also under United States
Anderson, Major, Northern Commander at Fort Sumter, i. 117 Anderson’s Mission, ii. 53 note[3];
reports, ii. 53 and note[2]
Andrews, Governor of Massachusetts, i. 219-20
Anthropological Society of London, ii. 222
Antietam, defeat of Lee by McClellan at, ii. 43, 85, 105;
effect of, on Lord Palmerston, 43
Archibald, British Consul at New York, i. 63, 64
Argyll, Duke of, i. 179, 212;
anti-slavery attitude of, i. 179, 238; ii. 112;
views of, in Trent crisis, i. 212, 215, 229, 238;
on calamity of war with America, 215, 238;
on Northern determination, ii. 30
Arkansas joins Confederate States, i. 172
Army and Navy Gazette, The, ii. 228, 229;
attitude in the conflict, 229-30, 236;
on the Presidential election, 235-6, 238;
summary of military situation after Atlanta, 243;
on “foreign war” rumours, 251;
cited or quoted, 68, 166, 232-3, 243.
(See also under Russell, W.H.)
Arnold, Matthew, views on the secession, i. 47;
on British “superiority,”