A Union Forever: The Irish Question and U.S. Foreign Relations in the Victorian Age

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Abercorn, Marquess of, 112 abolitionism, 25–31, 73, 83;American, 17, 80, 133; British, 4–5, 11–12, 17, 23, 32; Irish, 26–27,3 4–35;opp ositiont o,7 7,8 2–83 Adams, Charles Francis, 98, 104, 111, 116, 119, 134, 147; Alabama claims and, 105; calls to impeach, 115; Irish-Americans arrested in Ireland and, 105–107, 109, 120; the Fenian Brotherhood and, 92, 103, 121; John Warren case and, 114, 117–118; reports the 1867 Irish rebellion, 109–110; supports naturalization agreement, 121–122; tours Ireland, 101;William Nagle case and, 112 Adams, John, 3 Adams, John Quincy, 17; views on repeal of the Act of Union, 21 Alabamac laims,8 6–87,9 2–93,9 5–96,1 22, 147–148,1 60–161 Alexander II,Tsar, 155 American party, 29 American Protestant Association (APA), 75–77 American Revolution: analogy with Ireland, 3, 7, 16, 18, 79 American System, 18; Ireland and, 9 Ancona, Sydenham, 91 Anglo-Irish war, 181, 183 Anglophobia, 16, 29, 92, 134, 144, 163–164, 170 Anglo-Saxonism, 7, 96, 175–176; the Great Famineand, 5 7–58 anti-Catholicism, 6–7, 28–30, 58, 72, 135. See also nativism anti-clericalism, 7, 72 arbitration, 93, 96, 134, 136, 160, 172, 175 Archdeacon, George, 99, 101–103, 107 Archer,William S., 53 Arthur, Chester A., administration of: responds to dynamiters, 153, 157, 159 Asquith, Herbert, 178 Atlantict elegraph,1 14–115 Badger, George E., 53 Balch,William, 47, 61–62, 65 Bancroft, George, 55, 57, 61, 64, 121; Irish-Americans arrested in Ireland and, 99–100; reports on the Great Famine, 42–46, 68 Index 260 Index Banks, Nathaniel, 92, 110; Expatriation Act and, 124; Neutrality Act revision proposed, 91–92,9 4 Barber,J ohn,7 5–77 Baring Brothers, 41 Bates, Joshua, 56 Bayard,Thomas Francis,154,164–166,168–169 Bergen,J ames,9 9–100 Bessborough, Lord, 58 Blaine, James G., 146, 151, 160; appeals to Irish-American voters, 154, 162–164, 167, 169–170; land war and, 144 Blandford, Lord, 168 Boer war, 177 Bourke,Thomas,1 10–111 Boyton, Michael, 146 British North America. See Canada Brophy,William,230n105 Bruce, Frederick Sir, 88–90, 92; IrishAmericans arrested in Ireland and, 114 Bryan,William Jennings, 178 Bryce, James, 148, 172 Buchanan, James, 44–45, 54, 74, 83; James Stephens criticizes, 85 Burke, Edmund, 3 Burke, Joseph W., 208n41 Burke, Richard, 126 Butt, Isaac, 132, 136, 138 Cadwalader, John, 137 Calhoun, John C., 16, 19, 31–33, 57, 73; compares Mexico and Ireland, 63–64; response to the Great Famine, 52–53 Campbell, Daniel, 208n41 Canada: Confederation of, 86–87, 94; as a model for Anglo-Irish federation, 136; possible annexation of, 34, 71, 86, 94, 97; release of Irish nationalist prisoners in, 126 Carey, Henry, 9 Carlyle,Thomas,58 Carnegie,Andrew, 168 Carson, Edward, 178 Cass, Lewis: filibustering and, 78; response to the Great Famine, 52; support for repeal of the Act of Union, 21 Catholic Church, 6–7; relationship with Irish nationalism, 72 Catholic emancipation, 4, 13–15 Chamberlain, Joseph, 168 Civil War (Irish), 184 Civil War (U.S.), 70, 85–87, 90, 96; Federal recruitment in Ireland during, 86 Clan na Gael, 6, 133, 138–139, 161, 163, 165, 177, 179–180; election of 1884 and, 153, 155–159; election of 1888 and, 169 Clarendon, Lord, 77, 79, 93, 125; IrishAmericans arrested in Ireland and, 105–107,1 15,1 20 Clarke, Reader, 91 Clay, Henry, 18, 21; compares Mexico and Ireland, 63; views on repeal of the Act of Union, 22 Clayton, John M., 52, 66 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, 67, 146 Clerkenwellpr ison,1 19–120 Cleveland, Grover, 90, 154, 159, 162, 164–165,1 69–170,1 75 Cockran,William Bourke, 177 Cohalan, Daniel, 177, 182 Collins, Michael, 184 Collins, Patrick A., 161, 164 Condon, Edward O’Meagher, 126 Condon, Patrick J., 99, 106–108; involved in the 1867 rebellion, 110 Confederate States of America, 85–86; analogies drawn with Ireland, 87, 135 Conservative party. See Tory party Constellation (ship), 142 Continental Congress, 3 Corn Laws, 31, 42 Cosgrave,William,1 84–185 Costello,Augustine, 124, 126 Crampton, John, 77–82, 84 Creel, George, 183 Crimean War, 74, 78 Crittenden,J ohn,5 2–54 Curtis, George William, 133 Cushing, Caleb, 80 Dáil Éireann, 181 Dallas, George, 51, 62 D’Alton, Joseph, 230n105 Daly, James F., 230n105 Davis, John Bancroft, 147–148 Davis,Thomas,33 Davitt, Michael, establishes Land...