Motley, John Lothrop. The Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley. Edited by George William Curtis. 2 vols. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889. Volume I Prince of Wales, 354 Secession and possible civil war, 357 Failure of government, 358 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., on American crisis, Seward, Wendell Phillips, 360-61 See war, secessionist conspiracy, 364 Morrill tariff has alienated English opinion, 364 Charles Dickens, 365 Lincoln policy and slavery question, 366 No recognition of Confederacy, cause of freedom, 367 Insurrection came because north sought to circumscribe slavery, 372 John Russell and hostile English opinion, 372-73 Northern unity, confidence in Winfield Scott, 374 Fears English recognition of the Confederacy and even war with England, 375 Five Massachusetts regiments, 375-76 Washington, Seward, Cameron, Governor Andrew, 377 Harpers Ferry, 378 Soldiers in Washington, 378-79 Seward, 379 McClellan and Scott, 379 Lord Lyons, 379 Paris agreement on piracy, 380-81 Have prevented extension of slavery, Seward, 381-82 Lincoln, 382 Seward, Lord Lyons, 382-83 English recognition of Confederates as belligerents, blockade, 383-84 Ellsworth, 384-85 7th New York Infantry, Washington, 385 Great Bethel, 385 1st Massachusetts Infantry, 385 Arlington, 386 Defense of Washington, 386 Winfield Scott, 386-87 Salmon Chase, slavery, confidence in putting down the rebellion, slavery is dead and states will have to come back into the Union, 387-91 Reaction against Confederates in Maryland and Virginia, 389 Overwhelming northern strength, 390 Still love and faith in England even though they have acted under a delusion, 391 McDowell, 391 Winfield Scott, 392 Good officers—Mansfield, McDowell, Heintzelman, McClellan, Lyon, 392-93 Missouri, Bates, 393 Chase, Montgomery Blair, 393-94 1 Lincoln, English opinion, Seward, 394-95 Volume II Conversations in Washington, 2 English opinion, 2 Winfield Scott, 2 Praises generals, McClellan, Lyon, Mansfield, McDowell, Scott, 5 Size and quality of northern soldiers, 5-6 Boston, departure of 2nd Massachusetts Infantry, 6-7 James Wadsworth Longfellow’s wife killed in fire, 10-13 Objects to war to prevent slavery extension, maintain government authority, 13 Secession conspirators, northern military strength, 14 Northern generals, McClellan, Scott, McDowell, western Virginia campaign, 14-16 Winfield Scott, 17 Edward Everett speech, 18 First Bull Run campaign, 18-24 Could not submit to principle of secession, 25-26 Bull Run, 26-27 Civil war could not have been averted, 27 Volunteers, 27 Duke of Argyll, fears a long war, 31 Voyage to Vienna, 33ff Does not think there will be English interference in the American war, 35 Palmerston, John Russell, 36 Asks daughter for word on what is going on in America, 38 Have acquired a house, 39 Ball’s Bluff, 40-41 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Ball’s Bluff, 44-45 Trent affair, English opinion, Mason and Slidell, 45-48 Beafort landing of soldiers, 48 Cotton and blockade, 48-49 Trent affair and fears of war, 49-50 John Bright, Trent affair, blockade, 51-53 Settlement of Trent affair, war with England averted, 53-54 English oppose a war with the United States, 54-55 Vienna, 55 Sympathy for United States in Vienna, 56 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Moncure D. Conway, abolitionists, 57-58 Vienna, 61 The English and the United States, 63-64 Need to defeat rebellion soon, emancipation, 64 Doubtful friends of Union among the slaveholders, 65 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Fort Donelson, 68-69 Lincoln message, compensated emancipation, 69 Anxious in March 1862 to hear about contest with Confederates on the Potomac, 71 Fears compromise on slavery, thinks soldiers will come home abolitionists, 71 2 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., optimistic about military situation, both east and west, 72-73 Burnside, 73-74 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. at home recuperating from a wound, 74 Lee and hatred, 75 Thinks about causes of the war, 75-77 Europe and the war, northern determination, 79-80 Napoleon III, English interefernce in war, 81 McClellan, 81 Leadership in war, 82 McClellan, 83 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., 84-86 Banks, 85 Scott and McClellan, northern determination, 87 McClellan, Cedar Mountain, 90 John Stuart Mill, English opinion, slavery, Thurlow Weed, 91-92 Thinks government should have proclaimed emancipation while McClellan was on the Peninsula, 93 Black soldiers, 94 Rejoice over Antietam and Emancipation Proclamation, English opinion, French opinion, 95-98 Antietam, wounding of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Wilder Dwight’s death, 99 John Bright, 99-100 Napoleon III, French intervention for southern slaveholders, 101 Emancipation Proclamation, prevented English acceptance of French intervention plan, 101-2 Massachusetts elections, McClellan, 102 Oliver Wendel Holmes, Sr., pleased with Motley’s defense of liberty, 103 Copperheads and the disloyal, 103-4 Massachusetts elections, 107 McClellan removal, 108 John Stuart Mill, Alabama, 111 Confidence in Federal arms, and taking Vicksburg, 112 Antislavery feeling in England, Liverpool, 113 Times of London, 114 Many foreigners disgusted by American politics, 115 Vienna, 116-17 Diplomatic dinners, 117-18 English meetings, sympathy for the United States, 119 John Bright, ruling class jealousy of the United States, but no whisper of mediation or intervention, 120-21 Working men’s meeting, 121 Corruption among northern Democrats, 122 Lincoln, Seward, 122 Austrian aristocracy, 124 Bismarck, 125-29 European tensions and possible war, 130 Great faith in Meade, 135-36 Thinks Meade greatly outnumbers Lee and should pursue, 137 3 Praise for Lincoln and Seward, 138-39 Praises Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., wounded at Antietam, 139-40 Questions his praise for the social graces of the slaveholders, 142 Ohio elections, 1863, 143 European conflicts, 144 Vienna society, 149 Robert Gould Shaw, 54th Massachusetts, 151 Dinner with the Emperor in Vienna, 152-53 Edward Everett, Motley contributed to the East Tennessee fund, 158-59 French and Mexico, 158-59 Father’s death, 160-62 Not much information on the Overland campaign, Grant, 163-64 Not much information on the Overland campaign, Grant, 163-64 Alabama and Kearsarge, 164-65 Atlanta, Petersburg, 166 Bismarck, Denmark, 166-67 James Russell Lowell, Lincoln and reelection, Sherman, businessmen longing for peace, Niagara peace talks, 168-69 Grant and Petersburg, 171 Bismarck, 171 What is at stake in the 1864 presidential election, 174 Political economy, gold, paper money, women’s league, consumption patterns, 176-81 Fall of Atlanta, 82 Strength of McClellan nomination as opposed to Vallandigham, 182 Cannot imagine after all this sacrifice and work against slavery, that the people will go with Democrats, 182-83 Connection between Republican success and military success, 183 Comte de Paris, 187 Election of 1864, results, 190 Reelection of Lincoln, McClellan, 191 Democracy and putting down slavery, 191-92 Never doubted Union cause, delighted by breakthrough at Petersburg, 201-2 Assessment of Lincoln, 202-3 4 .