INDEX 



Freeman, Edward A., 365. 

 Free-trade, 143, 176-178, 182-185, 



187, 204, 363. 

 French in Canada, 89 et seq., 98, 



99, 174-176, 180, 181, 268. 

 French Revolution, 5, 42, 61. 

 Fur-traders in Oregon, 125, 126. 



Gallatin, 13, 24, 57, 58. 



Gambier, Lord, I. 



Garibaldi, 363. 



Geneva Tribunal, the, 254-257. 



George III, 200. 



George IV, 53. 



German immigration, 150. 



Germany, 232, 292, 293, 301, 315, 

 348. 



Ghent, Treaty of, I, 2; terms of, 8; 

 9, 13, 20, 23, 24, 30, 192, 194; 

 centennial of, 342; 359. 



Gladstone, 152, 183, 194, 228- 

 230, 248, 249, 257, 258, 281, 300, 

 348, 365, 366. 



Gold discovery, California, 139, 

 149, ISS, 3 62 ; Klondike, 325, 

 328. 



Grain-raisers, British, 65. 



Grant, President, 244, 250. 



Grattan s Parliament, 143. 



Gray, Senator, 326. 



Great Britain, power and impor 

 tance of, in 1815, 2, 3; slight in 

 terest of, in Treaty of Ghent, 9; 

 cordial feeling toward United 

 States, 1 8, 33, 39; restrictive sys 

 tem of commerce in, 39-42; eco 

 nomic and political reform in, 

 42-45; Whig reform in, 46 et 

 seq.; commerce with Spain, 49; 

 economic and general reform in, 

 60 et seq.; widening of political 

 interest, 69, 70; public opinion 

 in, concerning Americans, 81- 

 86; indignation at McLeod af 

 fair, 95; attitude toward slave- 

 trade, 115, 116; opposition to 

 annexation of Texas, 120-124; 

 claims in Oregon, 124-134; pol 



icy of, as to California, 135, 137; 

 industry and commerce of, de 

 pendent on United States, 140; 

 danger of famine in, 141; free- 

 trade in, 143-146, 182-185; 

 claims in Central America, 155- 

 163; enlists recruits in United 

 States, 167, 168; abandons claim 

 to right of search, 171, 172; pro 

 tective tariff in, 176; attitude 

 toward Canadian independence, 

 182-186; population, 1860, 192; 

 economic leadership, 193; move 

 ment toward democracy, 194, 

 195; feeling in, toward the 

 South, 202-204; hostility to 

 slavery, 204-206; influence of 

 slavery on feeling toward North 

 and South, 199, 204; proclama 

 tion of neutrality of, 207-209, 

 218; attitude toward Southern 

 demand for recognition, 209; 

 toward Confederate envoys, 217, 

 218; indignation over Trent af 

 fair, 211, 212; treatment of nat 

 uralized Irishmen in, 226; ef 

 fects in, of Northern victory, 

 227-230; sentiment in, against 

 Russell s attitude toward Ala 

 bama claims, 240; democratic 

 tendencies in, 257, 258; move 

 ment for imperial federation, 

 293-295; Liberal-Unionist min 

 istry of 1895, 300; treaty with 

 Venezuela, 316; sympathy with 

 Americans in war with Spain, 

 322, 323; willingness to abandon 

 rights in isthmian canal, 331; 

 transformation of political sys 

 tems, 343, 344; American imperi 

 alism approved by, 346, 347; im 

 perial consolidation of, 347-352, 

 369, 370; democratic reaction of 

 colonies on, 350, 351; popula 

 tion, 1815 and 1915, 353, 354; 

 influences toward amity with 

 United States, 357-371; demo 

 cratic spirit in, 363, 366. 



