ments Seward, 39; calls south- ern Unionists "white crows,' 40; chooses his own Cabinet, 43 n., 44; urges Seward to coun- termand his withdrawal, 44; inaugural address, 93; attitude toward the forts, 93, 94; how regarded in March, 1861, 95; requests opinions of Cabinet respecting Fort Sumter, 97; sarcastic remark, 121; Cabinet meeting concerning Fort Pick- ens, 123; requests Scott to use all possible vigilance for the maintenance of all places, 125; period of inaction, 134; re- plies to Seward's "Thoughts," 137, 138; conflict of orders as to the Powhatan, 139, 144; de- cides in favor of Welles, 139; effect of rejecting programme proposed by Seward, 157; proc- lamation of April 15th, 163; proclaims blockade of southeru ports, 163; modifies Seward's instructions to Adams of May 21st, 173 and n., 174; proc- lamations that were declara- tions of intention, 205; disa- grees with Seward on Trent affair, 234; warned and criti- cised, 255, n.; attitude toward writ of habeas corpus, 256; mes- sage to Congress, 257; anti- slavery policy operates against intervention, 315; changes ef- fect. of Frémont's proclamation, 319; proposition for reimburs-McClellan, George B., in Peninsu- ing owners and providing for emancipated slaves, 326; gov- ernmental pay for voluntarily emancipated slaves, 327; re- vokes Hunter's order against
programme, 356; jest about Weed and Greeley, 357; relations with Seward, 357, 358; difficul- ties with factions, 358, 359; re- mark to some assailants of Sew- ard, 363; treatment of attempt to remove Seward, 366-369; speech at Gettysburg, 403; re- elected, 408; attitude toward peace negotiations, 409-412; at Hampton Roads conference, 412-414; favors compensated emancipation, 414; last call on Seward, 417; assassination of, 418. Lincoln-Douglas debate, i., 454; wide-spread interest in, 456; cen- tral idea of, 457. "Loco-focos,” i., 59. Log Cabin, i., 75.
Lovejoy, Owen, i., 506. Lowell, James Russell, i., 551, ii., 460, 462; on Seward's despatches, 504 and n. Lyons, Lord, communications with Confederacy, ii., 197; compli- mented by Seward, 201; re- ports to Russell leading features of blockade, 206; writes to Seward concerning Charleston blockade, 207; in the Trent af- fair, 226; communicates instruc- tions in Trent affair, 233, 334; characteristics of, 298
MCCARTHY, JUSTIN, on Seward as a despatch writer, ii., 502.
lar campaign, ii., 286, 296; at Antietam, 304, 305; removed from command, 311; retains confidence of conservatives, 359; Democratic candidate, 1864, 407.
slavery, 327; plan of compen- McIlvaine, Bishop, ii., 221. sated emancipation, 332, 333; | McLeod incident, ii., 111–116. gives notice of intended emanci-Macaulay, Thomas Babington, ii., pation proclamation, 332, 333; 75.
letter to Greeley, 339; favors | Maffit, J. N., ii., 383.
colonizing free negroes, 345-Mann, A. Dudley, ii., 165, 166; on 347; vetoes part of Seward's Trent affair, 227; reports sup-
posed intentions of French Em-Mexico, disorder in, ii., 419; for-
peror, 283; on English opinion of slavery, 330.
Marchand, J. B., ordered to over- haul the Nashville, ii., 213; er- roneous assumption as to in- structions of, 224.
eign claims against, 420; Brit- ish, French, and Spanish expe- ditions against, 420, 421; McDon- gal's resolutions against French intervention in, 428; House of Representatives resolutions against French intervention in, 428, 429.
Marcy, William L., i., 44, 46, 54, 55; reply to political test ques- tions, 71; compared with Sew-Miller, Elijah, i., 11. ard, ii., 90; declaration of Paris could not be accepted by the United States, 187, 188. Martineau, Harriet, ii., 75. Mason, James M., ii., 212; suc- cessfully runs the blockade, 213; in Trent affair, 223; imprisoned, 223; why hated by the North, 227, 228; released, 245; recep- tion in England, 293; presents formal request for recognition of Confederacy by Great Britain, 293; unfavorable reply, 293; on Great Britain's expected oppo- sition to the slave-trade, 331, 332; mission to end, 342; on English antislavery opinions, 342.
Miller, Frances, i., 11, 12. See Mrs. W. H. Seward.
Mining privileges, ii., 53; Seward on, 53, 54; Dawson ou, 53; Fré- mont on, 53; Foote on, 53, 54; Dodge on, 54.
Maximilian (Ferdinand Maximil- ian Joseph) becomes Emperor, ii., 424; difficulties, 431, 432; execution of, 440. Maynard, William H., i., 37;
poses resolutions of 1831, 42. Medill, Joseph, on Seward and his political rivals, i., 530 n.-531 n.; letter to Colfax about Seward, ii., 363, 364.
Miramon, Miguel, ii., 420. Missouri compromise, repeal of, i., 333-362; Atchison on, 335; Dix- on on, 337, 351; Douglas on, 338, 340-342, 353-357; appeal of the Independent Democrats on, 339; Chase on, 342; Seward on, 346-350, 357-359; House vote on, 356 n.; Senate vote on, 361 ; how received, 361. Monroe doctrine, violated, ii., 428; not referred to by Seward, 441. Morehead, Charles S., political prisoner, ii., 266–268. Morgan, Christopher, i., 182. Morgan, William, story of his ab- duction, etc., i., 25–27. Morris, Gouverneur, i., 86. Moss, W. D., letter to Seward, Appendix C.
Motley, John Lothrop, ii., 153, 154, 440.
Meigs, Montgomery C., ii., 129. Mercer, Samuel, ii., 138, 139. Mercier, Henri, announces to Sew-Murray, Robert, ii., 278.
Mure, Robert, connection with Bunch case, ii., 199.
ard his opinion of the South, ii., 297; his tendencies and limita- tions, 298; Seward's opinion of, 298 n.; trip to Richmond, 299, 371, 372; attitude of France, 299-301.
Merryman, John, case of, ii., 256, 257.
Mexican War, i., 155, 156.
NAPOLEON, Louis, proclamation of neutrality by, ii., 176; reason for receiving Confederate com- missioners, 178 and n., 179 n. ; national policy, by what con- trolled, 281; tries to gain co- operation of Great Britain, 285; would soon act independently,
285; grants interview to Slidell, | Pendergrast, G.J., proclaims block-
291, 292; his plans and aims, 297, 298; his duplicity, 298; per- plexity of, 305; prefers an ar- mistice of six months, 306; in- vites co-operation of Great Britain and Russia, 307; his dilemma, 310, 311; thoughts in January, 1863, 312; complex motives as to intermeddling, 315; attitude regarding war- ships, 394, 398; purposes of his Mexican expedition, 422, 423; relations with Maximilian, 431, 432; decision as to war with the United States, 438; wishes to postpone withdrawal of French troops from Mexico, 439. Native-American party, i., 136. "Know-Nothing" party. Nebraska, extent and position of, i., 334, 335.
Nelson, Justice, ii., 113. Neutrality, proclamation of, by Great Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Prussia, and other nations, ii., 176, 179. Neutrals, property of, safe from capture when not contraband of war, ii., 181.
ade of Virginia and North Caro- lina coasts, ii., 206, 207. Pendleton, John, letter to Seward, Appendix D. People's party, i., 16. Peterhoff, the, ii., 378. Petigru, J. L., ii., 107. Pickens, Governor, ii., 36. Pierce, Franklin, i., 304, 305; an- nual message of, 1855, 401, 402, 484; issues proclamation against lawlessness in Kansas, 402; last annual message of, 432; Sew- ard's mistreatment of, ii., 271– 276.
Pierrepont, Edwards, ii., 278. Pinkerton, Allan, ii., 278. Pius IX., ii., 76. Polk, James K., i., 144. Pope, John, ii., 296.
Porter, David D., ordered to com- mand relief of Fort Pickens, ii., 129, 130, 139, 480 n. Powhatan, the, ii., 130, 139, 143, 144.
Prentice, George D., efforts in be- half of political prisoners, ii., 265 ff.
Price, Sterling, ii., 296.
Newcastle, Duke of, Seward's re- Prisoners, political, ii., 254, 258;
mark to, ii., 225, 226.
Nott, Eliphalet, i., 4.
OFFICE-SEEKERS, ii., 94.
"Ostend Manifesto," i., 471, 472.
PACIFIC, commerce in, ii., 66–68. Pacific Railroad, ii., 58–60. Palmerston, Lord, ii., 75, 209; in regard to Trent affair, 226; on Federals at Bull Run, 303; after second battle of Bull Run, 304; reason for change of mind, 307; on slavery and Morrill tariff, 330.
Paris, declaration of, ii., 187.
Parker, Theodore, i., 433.
Parton, James, ii., 480 n.
Peerless, incident of the, ii., 225.
Seward's system, 259-263; sam- ple cases, 263 n.; correspond- ence in the Pierce case, 271-276; none brought to trial, 276; gen- eral policy toward, 277; treat- ment of, 277, 278; system criti- cised, 278, 279; Stanton takes charge, 279; the result, 280; "little bell" story, 280. Privateers, to be treated as pi- rates, i., 171; employment of, lawful only in time of war, 175; French commerce threatened by, 175, 391.
Public lands, extent of, ii., 51; how controlled and disposed of, 51; Seward on, 52-57; Foote on, 52; Douglas on, 52; Dawson on, 51 n., 52.
RAMS, English ironclad, ii., 389; French, 394. Rappahannock, the, ii., 385. Rassloff, ii., 481, 482.
Raymond, Henry J., i., 367, 368, 371, 417, 532; blamed Greeley for Seward's failure to be nominated in 1860, 540, 541; on Seward's reply to Drouyn de Lhuys, ii., 313, 314; defends Seward, 370. Raynor, Kenneth, ii., 39. Rechberg, ii., 77.
Recognition by Great Britain would be intervention and war, ii., 162; rumors that the Con- federacy offered emancipation for recognition, 331. Reconstruction, ii., 443 ff.; real difficulties of, 443; progress of, 451; dissatisfaction with re- sults of the presidential plan of, 452; act of March 2, 1867, 463, 464; reconstruction, con- gressional, ii., 463, 464; Repub- lican platform, 1868, on success of, 466, 467; Democratic plat- form on, 466, 467.
Reeder, Audrew H., i., 383, 384. Registration law, i., 116, 117. Removals from office, i., 14. Republican party, birth of, i., 364; first large convention of, 364; Free Soilers, anti- Nebraska - Democrats, and Whigs cannot agree on any other name, 364, 365; Whig party absorbed by, 386, 387; important additions to, in the Congress of 1855-6, 400; conventions of 1856, 417- 421; objects of, announced, 417, 418; modifies its policy to gain votes, 419; grateful to Douglas for defeating Buchanan and the South on the Kansas question, 455; convention of 1860, 528 ff.; adopts platform, 533, 534; dilemma in winter of 1860–61, ii., 6; alone could not save the Union, 35; Seward and Chase factions, 41; responsibilities
after March 4, 1861, 91; con- vention of 1864, 406. Republican radicals, ii., 358; try to organize a party at Cleve- land, 405, 406.
Reunion convention at Philadel- phia, August, 1866, 459, 460. River and harbor improvements, ii., 60, 61.
Rives, William C., ii., 30.
Roman, A. B., ii., 107, 120. See Confederate commissioners to Washington.
Root, of Ohio, efforts to exclude
slavery from California and New Mexico, i., 208.
Rost, Pierre A., ii., 165, 166, 184. Russell, Lord John (afterward Earl), ii., 75; assures our Min- ister no advantage will be taken of domestic troubles in United States, 168; announces intention to be neutral, 168; ac- quiesces in expediency of disre- garding mere rumors, 176; un- der no obligation to postpone decision, 177; letter to Everett, exposition of opinions of British government, 177 n., 178 n.; does not expect to see the Coufeder- ate commissioners again, 179; says that ports in the possession of the enemy cannot be closed by the other belligerent, except by blockade, 185; attitude to- ward conditions proposed by United States for signing dec- laration of Paris, 189 ff.; argu- ment in Bunch case, 202; sends to Lyons ultimatum in Trent affair, 226; modifies ultimatum, 226; subsequent private instruc- tions, 226; reply to Seward's argument in Trent affair, 250 n.; contrasts objects of North and South, 303; after second battle of Bull Run, 304; reason for change of mind, 307; less friendly toward the South, 322; reply to Seward about blockade
running, 381, 382; prevents de- parture of rams, 389; explains silence as to Seward's threats, 390, 391; protest to Confederacy against building ships in Eng- land, 393; rejects Alabama claims, 492, 493.
Russell, W. H., on Seward's man-
ner as a talker, ii., 511. Russia, attitude toward the Con- federacy, ii., 134, 135 n.; reply to Napoleon, 308; why Alaska was sold, 476; sentiment of United States toward, 478, 479. Russian-American Co., ii., 476.
ST. JOHN, negotiations in regard to purchase of, ii., 480-486. St. Thomas, negotiations in regard to purchase of, ii., 480-86. Saligny, M. de, ii., 423. Santa Cruz, ii., 481. Santo Domingo, Republic of, re- ported overthrow of, ii., 134; declares for supremacy of Spain, 157; Seward writes to Tassara in relation to, 157; Schurz di- rected to protest, 158; subject of Spanish intervention left to Congress, 159; Spanish rule thrown off and republic re- vived, 159; Seward's attempts to annex, 486-489. Saturday Review on preliminary proclamation of emancipation, ii., 340.
Schofield, J. M., plan to expel the
French from Mexico, ii., 434; hoodwinked by Seward, 435. School question in New York, i., 96-101.
Schurz, Carl, remark to Chase, i., 526; becomes Minister to Spain, ii., 153; asks for instructions, 158; advises that antislavery principles be made conspicuous, 323, 324.
Scott, Robert E., ii., 30, 39, 40. Scott, Winfield, i., 153; candidate for Whig nomination, 301; nom-
inated for presidency, 302, 303; telegraphs acceptance of presi- dential nomination, 306; de- feated by Pierce, 309; concern about Lincoln's safe arrival, ii., 40; relations with the forts, 93, 94; letter of March 3, 1861, to Seward, 96; relations with Sew- ard, 123–127; writes to Lincoln an opinion concerning Forts Sumter and Pickens, 125; con- flict of orders as to reinforcement of Fort Pickens, 139, 140; de- sires a semi-diplomatic position, 221. Secession, i., 218, 223, 225, 234, 235, 283, 287, 288, 289; Seward on, 549, 550; Sherman on, 551; Lowell on, 551; Greeley on, 551. Seddon, James A., ii., 22. Sedgwick, Charles B., i., 160. Segar, Joseph, letter to Seward, Appendix I.
Semmes, Raphael, ii., 382. Seward, Augustus H., i., 203. Seward, Clarence A., i., 203. Seward, Fanny, i., 203; death of, ii., 507.
Seward, Frances Miller (Mrs.Will- iam H.), aversion to slavery, i., 57; congratulates Sumner ou repeal of fugitive-slave-law speech, 308; satisfied with Sew- ard's speech against the Toucey bill, 383; writes to Sumner, ii., 34; variety of her guests at a dinner party, 70; receives daily letter from Seward, 71; death of, 506.
Seward, Frederick W., i., 56, 203; ii., 28; letter on Russia's atti- tude at outbreak of the Rebel- lion, 134 n. Seward, John, i., 1. Seward, Olive Risley, accompanies
Seward around the world, ii., 521; aids Seward in literary pur- suits, 524.
Seward, Samuel S., i., 2; scant allowance imperils son's career,
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