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INDEX 



California, 1 20; acquisition of, 

 134-139; 155, 162, 362. 



Canada, 7; anti- American feeling 

 in, 10, n; British views as to 

 future of, u, 12; political strife 

 in, 88 et seq., 173 et seq.\ insur 

 rections in, 92, 93 ; raids on fron 

 tier, 93, 107, 261; Lord Dur 

 ham s report concerning, 97-100; 

 constitution of 1841, uniting 

 Upper and Lower, 100, 173; 

 boundary dispute, loi-ui; ad 

 vance of democracy in, 174; 

 French and English interests in, 

 174-176; industrial depression 

 in, 175-178; effect on, of free- 

 trade policy, 176-178, 187; an 

 nexation agitation in, 178-184, 

 296; importance to, of trade 

 with United States, 187; refuge 

 given by, to Confederate agents, 

 220; ill feeling between United 

 States and, 222; invaded by 

 Irish army, 224; 231; Dominion 

 of, established, 264, 266-273, 

 367; influence of United States 

 in formation of Dominion, 270; 

 extent of Dominion of, 271; 

 participation in negotiating 

 Treaty of Washington, 265, 266; 

 effect of Civil War in, 267; race 

 antipathy in, 268; problem of 

 national unity in, 272, 273; pro 

 tectionism adopted in, 274-276; 

 fisheries dispute, 276-291; agita 

 tion for commercial union with 

 United States, 295, 296; efforts 

 to settle differences with United 

 States, 324-340; proposal for 

 reciprocity rejected by, 339, 340; 

 national spirit in, 340, 341; pop 

 ulation, 354; 355, 361, 364, 369. 



Canadian Pacific Railway scandal, 

 272, 274. 



Canning, George, 19; personality 

 and policies of, 46-48; action to 

 thwart intervention in behalf of 

 Spain, 49-52; dissatisfaction 



with Monroe s message, 53, 54; 



fear of American alliance against 



Europe, 55-57; 58, 60, 62, 63, 66, 



104, 154, 212. 

 Caroline, the, destruction of, 93- 



95, 108. 



Cass, Secretary of State, 170, 171. 

 Castlereagh, Lord, 9, 14-16, 18- 



20, 38, 39, 4-6, 47, 58, 62, 212. 

 Catholic emancipation, 66-68. 

 Central America, 155-166, 172, 



362. 

 Century of peace, four periods of, 



358-371. 



Chartists, the, 87, 150, 151. 



China, 345. 



Choate, Joseph H., 329. 



Civil service, &quot;spoils system&quot; in, 

 79-81. 



Civil War, the arguments for and 

 against secession, 200-204; Brit 

 ish favor for the South, 203, 

 204; influence of British anti- 

 slavery leaders, 205, 206; neu 

 trality proclaimed by Great 

 Britain, 207-209; the Trent af 

 fair, 210-216; effect of blockade- 

 running, 218, 219; grievances of 

 the North and South at close 

 of, 220, 221; British recognition 

 of Confederacy as a belligerent, 

 221, 233-236, 241-243, 253; ef 

 fects in Great Britain of North 

 ern triumph, 227-230; absorbing 

 nature of domestic problems 

 after, 231, 232; settlement of 

 Alabama claims, 233 ft seq.; ar 

 bitration of other claims, 260, 

 261; general disturbance of good 

 feeling during, 364-366. 



Clarendon, Lord, 153, 168, 249. 



Clay, Henry, 10, 13, 58, 75, 76. 



Clayton, Secretary of State, 157, 

 158, 160, 165. 



Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, the, 158- 

 165, 330-332, 362. 



Cleveland, President, 280, 282, 

 283; foreign policy of, 302-305; 



