Great Britain, 303-4
  America and England in their present relations, quoted,
    ii. 304, and note[2]
  Civil War, The, in America, cited, ii. 223 note[2],
    224 note[3]; quoted, 304 note[1]
    Does the Bible sanction American Slavery?” ii. 110
  Letter, A, to a Whig Member of the Southern Independence
    Association, ii. 194-5; quoted, 299
Smith, T.C., Parties and Slavery, cited, ii. 3 note[2]
Society for Promoting the Cessation of Hostilities in America, ii. 207;
  letters of, to Members of Parliament, 207-8, 210-11;
  deputation of, to Palmerston, 216
Somerset, Duke of, i. 207
South Carolina, secession of, i. 41, 44;
  Times view on, 55;
  and restoration of Colonial relations:  some British misconceptions
  on, 43, 44 and note
Southern Independence Association, The, ii. 185, 189, 191-5, 204, 220, 298;
  cessation of meetings of, 193-4, 222-3;
  apathy and dissension in, 205, 207, 208;
  resolution and deputation to Palmerston, 210-2, 216;
  ticket meetings, 239;
  Oldham meeting, 239, 240
Southern Ports Bill. See Blockade
Southern States: 
  attitude of, to protection policy, i. 21, 47;
  and reciprocity treaty with British-American provinces, 21-2;
  influences directing British trade to, 22;
  British press attitude to, 40-48 passim;
  characterization of, 41;
  right of secession, 42, 82, 175, 176, 269;
  tariff as a cause for secession, 47;
  question of recognition considered, 58;
  secession, 172-3;
  preparations for war, 172;
  recognized as belligerents, 190, 191, 172;
  expulsion of British Consuls, by, ii. 148 note[2];
  activities of British friends of, 152, 187-8, 190, 193-4, 239, 298;
  Conservative hopes for success of, 300;
  views on French attitude, ii. 236 note[2];
  effect of the fall of Savannah on, 246;
  end of the Confederacy, 248, 259, 268;
  hope of, from “foreign war,” 252;
  effect on, of Lincoln’s assassination 258;
  withdrawal of belligerent rights to, 264-6;
  end of the war; naval policy towards, 266-7
  Belligerent rights, recognition of,
    i. 87, 88, 95, 108, 109, 150, 151, 155, 166 note[3].
    See Neutrality Proclamations. 
  Commissioners of, See under Confederate Commissioners
  Cotton, obsession as to, i. 252 note[2]; ii. 4, 5
  Cotton Loan, ii. 155 et seq. 179;
    reception of, in England, 160-1;
    amounts realized by, 162
  Declaration of Paris negotiation: 
    attitude to, i. 186
  Finance, ii. 156 et seq.
  Hampton Roads Conference: 
    suggestions in, ii. 252-3
  Leaders of: 
    British information on, i. 58-9
  Manifesto to Europe, ii. 241 and note[2], 242
  Mediation: 
    feeling in, on England’s