ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, i., 160;
appointed Minister to Great
tions of, held by all Europeans,
ii., 340.
Britain, ii., 153; on Trent affair, | Antislavery Society, National, i.,
230; July, 1862, fears immediate
intervention, 294; effect in Lon-
don of preliminary proclamation
of emancipation, 340; given
full discretion as to Alabama
claims, 386; complimented by
Seward, 386 n.; warning as to
rams, 388, 389; does not repeat
Seward's threat, 390; opposes
issuing letters of marque, 391;
resignation and estimate of, 497,
528.
" Appeal of the Independent Dem-
ocrats," i., 339.
Arctic and Pacific oceans, survey
of, ii., 66.
Adams, John Quincy, i., 16; influ-
ence of, over Seward, 200, 201.
Alabama, its record, ii., 384, 385.
Alabama claims, ii., 385; urged by
Adams, Seward, and Reverdy
Johnson, 492 ff.; character and
rejection of the Johnson-Claren-
don convention, 498-500.
Alaska, purchase of, ii., 474-479.
Albany in 1830, i., 36.
Albany Regency, i., 15; causes re-
moval of De Witt Clinton, 16.
Alexandra, the, ii., 387.
Amendment, XIII., proclaimed by
Seward, ii., 452.
Amendment, XIV., ii., 455, 456.
Anderson, Robert, ii., 93, 107.
Anti-masonic party, i., 25 ff.; end
of, 47, 50.
Antislavery, constitutional victory
of, in California, i., 217; convic-
Argus, Albany, i., 37; charges
Seward with abuse of pardon-
ing power, 120, 121.
BADGER, GEORGE E., i., 211, 351.
Bagby, of Alabama, on Oregon and
the Wilmot proviso, i., 207.
Bancroft, George, ii., 336.
Banks, Nathaniel P., ii., 256.
Barbour, Alfred M., letter to Sew-
ard, ii., Appendix H.
Barbour, James, ii., 31, 39; ‘letter
to Seward, Appendix E.
" Barnburners," i., 135.
Barnwell, Edward W., exequatur
revoked, ii., 203.
Bates, Edward, chosen for At-
torney-General, ii., 41; opinion
regarding Fort Sumter, 105, 106;
supports Seward's views on
Trent affair, 235, 236; opinion
on colonization of free negroes,
346; protests against Seward's
interference, 355, 356.
Bay Islands, Colony of, i., 482, 484,
486, 487.
Beecher, Henry Ward, i., 77, 462 ;
"Beecher's Bibles," i., 408.
pare veto of tenure-of-office bill,
465.
Blair, Francis P., Sr., scheme for
joint expedition against Mexi-
co, ii., 410.
Blair, Frank P., Democratic vice-
presidential candidate, 1868, ii.,
Bell, John, i., 211.
Bell-Everett party, ii., 4, 5.
Belligerency, question of Confed-
erate, ii., 177; Seward's incon-
sistencies in regard to, 507–509.
Belligerent rights, ii., 179.
Benham, Calhoun, arrest, trial,
and liberation of, ii., 264, 265,
and n.
Benjamin, Judah P., i., 334; seeks
recognition and a raising of the
blockade, ii., 290; visit from
Mercier,299; instructs Mason and
Slidell to offer further induce-
ments, 310; unwilling to agree Blatchford, Samuel, i., 182.
to prohibit the slave-trade, 332; |
on French antislavery opinions,
342; on hostility of British gov-
ernment, 393; formal arraign-
ment of Napoleon, 398, 399; on
Seward's success in intimidat-
ing the British Cabinet, 505 n.
Benton, N. S., i., 37.
Benton, Thomas H., i., 365.
Berdan, David, eulogy on, i., 24.
Berrien, John M., i., 211.
Bigelow, John, on Seward and
his political rivals, i., 527-530
n.; consul at Paris, ii., 154; on
Trent affair, Scott letter, 231;
French sentiment on emancipa-
tion, 340; buys documents show-
ing that Confederate ships were
building in France, 395; sug-
gests Seward's candidacy for
presidency in 1864, 404; urges
Seward to be more outspoken,
430.
Blair, Montgomery, ii., 41; opinion
regarding Fort Sumter, 105, 106;
denounces Scott, 123; accuses
Seward, 144; takes correct view
of Trent affair, 232; some traits,
373.
Birney, James G., i., 139; presi-
dential nominee of Liberty par-
ty, 145.
Black, Jeremiah S., circular letter
of instructions to United States
Ministers abroad, ii., 156.
Black Warrior, the, i., 470.
Blaine, James G., criticism of Sew-
ard's argument in Trent affair,
ii., 252; on Seward's influence
over President Johnson, 447 n.;
thought Seward helped pre-
Blockade, proclamation of, ii., 163;
rumors of, reach London, 168;
instructions to Adams concern-
ing, 170; discussed by President
and Cabinet, 174, 175; inter-
national law governing, 175;
as a means to conquer the Con-
federacy, 204, 205; proclama-
tions of April 19th and 27th,
205; Seward's expectation as to,
206; rapid extension southward,
207; question of continuance,
207, 208 and n.; Mercier's rec-
ommendation as to the raising
of, 209; action postponed by
Great Britain and France, 209;
statements concerning, to Rus-
sell, 210; efficiency of, beyond
doubt, 281, 282; by stone fleet,
arouses indignation in Europe,
282; expectations of its being
raised, 283; explained by Sew-
ard, 283; raised at three ports,
286; at different ports, 374-378;
United Statesregulations against
export of contraband merchan-
dise, 379.
Blockade-runners, ii., 208, 209.
Blockade-running, ii., 374–382.
Bouck, William C., i., 83.
Bradish, Luther, i., 66; declares
himself an abolitionist, 71.
Bragg, Braxton, ii., 296, 305.
Brent, J. L., arrest, trial, and lib-
eration of, ii., 264, 265.
Bright, John, ii., 322.
Broderick, David C., i., 510, 511;
eulogized by Seward, 511.
Brooks, Preston S., attack on Sum-
ner, i., 411; resigns, embraced by
southern women as he leaves the
House, 412 n.; re-elected, 412 n.
Brown, Albert G., i., 222.
Brown, John, midnight raid at
Pottawatomie, i., 409; raid at
Harper's Ferry, 495-498; charges
brought against Republican
party on account of, 499.
Bryant, William Cullen, urges
Chase for Secretary of State, ii.,
41; letter about Seward, 363.
Buchanan, James, i., 422, 423; in-
augural address of, 436, 437;
special message urging admis-
sion of Kansas, 444, 445; asks
authority from Congress to make
war upon Mexico and several
Central American states, 490,
491; opposed by Seward, 491,
492; annual message of 1860, ii.,
3; rare opportunity of, 5; truce
as to Forts Sumter and Pickens,
92,93; recommends intervention
in Mexico, 419.
Bulloch, James D., ii., 383, 394.
Bunch, Robert, to act in strict
concert with French represent-
ative, ii., 197; describes priva-
teering, 198; his relations with
Confederacy discovered by Sew-
ard, 199; his recall requested,
200; actions defended by Rus-
sell, 200; Seward insists on his
recall and revokes his exequatur,
201-203.
Burnside, Ambrose E., supersedes
McClellan, ii., 311.
CADWALADER, GEORGE, refuses
obedience to writ of habeas
corpus, ii., 256, 257.
Calhoun, John C., i., 16, 211; speech
on compromise of 1850, 233-236;
listens to Seward's " higher-
law" speech, 251, 252.
Cameron, Simon, ii., 41; opinion
regarding Fort Sumter, 105; as
Secretary of War, 350; leaves
the Cabinet, 361.
Campbell, John A., relations with
Seward and Confederate com-
missioners, ii., 113-117, 128, 130,
131, 140, 141 and n.; at Hamp-
ton Roads conference, 411, 413.
Cass, Lewis, i., 211; compared
with Seward, ii., 90; on Trent
affair, 229.
Central America, British in, i.,
482, 483.
Chamberlain, Frank, estimate of
Seward as a lawyer, i., 183 n.
Chase, Salmon P., i., 160; grounds
of opposition to slavery, 265;
speech on the compromise, 265,
266; appeal of the Independent
Democrats, 338, 339; replies to
Douglas's Kansas and Nebraska
speech, 342; as a possible Re-
publican nominee, i., 526, ii., 41;
compared with Seward,90; opin-
ion regarding Fort Sumter, 105,
106; letter to Seward relative
to his brother, 356 n.; as a
leader of the radicals, 358;
never knew Seward to object to
any military action, 363; rela-
tion with attempt to remove
Seward, 367-369; some traits,
373; tries to use popular dis-
content, 405, 406.
Chilcat Indians, Seward's experi-
ence with, ii., 517.
Civil rights bill, ii., 455.
Civil War, opinion in Europe on,
ii., 166; English opinion on,
167, 168; question of its cause
and its purpose, 318.
Clark, Myron H., i., 367, 371.
Clay, Cassius M., i., 149, 150; ii.,
153, 394, 475.
Clay, Henry, i., 16; National Re-
publican presidential nominee,
48; Whig candidate for presi-
dency, 145; "Alabama letters,"
145; no relation between sla-
very and Texas question, 148;
Lexington speech, 138; compro-
mise of 1850, 227 ff.; urges gov-
ernment to purchase MS. of
Washington's Farewell Address,
228; chairman of committee of
thirteen, 269; increased influ-
ence of, 279, 280; final speech
on the compromise, 280.
Clayton - Bulwer treaty, alleged
violation of, i., 482; Seward on,
482-488.
Clayton, John M., i., 153, 207.
Clemens, Jeremiah, i., 211.
Clemens, Sherrard, letter of, Ap-
pendix F.
Clinton, De Witt, i., 6; withdraws
from active politics, 15; candi-
date for governor, 16; elected,
19.
Cobden, Richard, on blockade by
stone fleet, ii., 282; on dismen-
berment, 283; influenced by
Confederate commercial policy,
322; writes of demonstrations
for the cause of freedom, 341;
on warlike power of United
States, 392.
Cole, Cornelius, of California, ii.,
475.
Colfax, Schuyler, Republican vice-
presidential candidate, 1868, ii.,
466.
Collins, Edward K., ii., 62.
Colonization Society, i., 68.
fortifications, 92, 93; activity of
diplomatic agents of, 165; theo-
ries of, 204; means used to con-
quer, 204, 205; nothing to offer
in exchange for assistance, 289,
290; little faith in British in-
tervention, 290; believes Na-
poleon would not let the North
succeed, 290; army of, opera-
tions, 296; attitude toward
slavery, 320.
Confederate commissioners to
Washington, efforts to obtain
recognition of Confederacy, ii.,
107-117; communications with
United States government ter-
minated, 140-142.
Confederate commissioners to
Europe, appointed, ii., 165;
instructed, 165; reach London,
166; disagree on question of
recognition, 210; statements
concerning cotton and block-
ade, 210; on aim of the United
States, 320, 321; on European
opinion of slavery, 330.
Confederate intermediaries-Gwin,
ii., 108-111; Hunter, 111, 112;
Campbell, 114-117.
Congress, altercations in, i., 504
and n., 506; resolutions on prop-
ositions of foreign interference,
ii., 314.
Congress in 1849, i., 211–213.
Constantine, Archduke, ii., 476,
477.
Colonizing free negroes, ii., 345- Constitutional Unionists, i., 521,
Commerce in the Pacific, ii., 66–68.
Compromise of 1850, i., 228 ff.; Jef-
ferson Davis on, 232, 233; Cal- |
houn on, 234-236; Webster on,
237-242; Seward on, 243–251;
Chase on, 265, 266; referred to
committee of thirteen, 268;
Yulee on, 270; Hale on, 270;
Clay on, 285, 286; passage of,
285, 286; Julian on, 287.
Confederacy, peculiar position of,
ii., 91; attitude toward certain
522; nominate Bell and Ever-
ett, 522.
Coombs, Leslie, opinion of More-
head, ii., 267 n.
Corvettes, specifications, etc., ii.,
394.
Corwin, Thomas, ii., 154.
Cotton, views of the Confederacy
ou, ii., 204, 208; Mercier's rec-
ommendation as to, 209; state-
ment concerning crop of 1861,
210; England's supply of, 211;
scarcity of, in France, 213, 214;
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