INDEX.
Abolitionists, election of "Independent Democrats" by, [109];
in campaign of 1856, [140];
effect of Dred Scott case on, [159]
Achison, David R., leader in U. S. Senate, [107]
Act of 1789, claim for enforcement of, [73-76]
Adams, John Q., compact with Clay, [14];
charge of corruption against, [55];
member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56]
Alabama, delegates withdraw from Charleston convention, [177];
secession of, [213];
escape through, [301-303]
Alabama, escape on the, [305]
Alexander, W. F., joins in European trip, [125];
appointed Quartermaster-major, [237]
Alexander, Mrs. W. F., death, [312]
Aliens, Toombs' welcome for, [150], [151]
Alps, visit to the, [126]
American party, rise, [121];
opposed and denounced by Toombs, [124], [128], [147], [149];
successes and defeats in 1855, [128];
nominates Fillmore, [140];
opposition to Toombs' party, [143];
principles, [148];
nominates Hill for governorship of Georgia, [155];
downfall, [158]
Amsterdam, visit to, [126]
Anderson, Major, besieged at Fort Sumter, [227-229]
Andrews, Judge, defeated for governorship of Georgia, [128]
Andrews' Grove, debate between Toombs and Hill in, [145-152]
Antietam, battle of, [262-269]
Anti-railroad agitation, [26]
Appleton, Nathan, entertains Toombs at Boston, [130]
Appleton, William, entertains Toombs at Boston, [130]
Arkansas, delegates leave Charleston convention, [177];
secedes, [233]
Army Appropriation bill, debate between Toombs and Davis on, [247-249]
Army of Northern Virginia, [5], [262]
Army of Potomac, defeated before Richmond, [246]
Articles of Confederation, bearing on slavery question, [132]
Athens, University at, [7-12]
Atlanta, quarrel between Stephens and Cone in, [62];
in the field before, [276];
political meeting at, [324]
Atlanta Sun, edited by Stephens, [332]
Atlantic cable, opposes appropriation for, [194]
Augusta, Ga., speeches at, [47-50], [165-168]
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, defends Toombs, [186]
Baltimore, delegate to Clay convention at, [46];
Whig convention at, [97];
Democratic convention at, [97]
Baltimore convention, the, action in regard to Georgia delegations, [182]
Banking, position on, [33], [39]
Bank of the United States, [32]
Bar, admission to the, [13]
Barnett, Samuel, frames railroad law, [351];
tribute to Toombs, [364]
Bartow, Francis S., deputy to Provisional Congress, [215]
Bayard, James A., leader in U. S. Senate, [107];
member of Charleston convention, [176];
presides over seceders from Charleston convention, [178]
Beaverdam Creek, [3]
Beckwith, Bishop John W., eulogium on Toombs, [355], [376]
Bell, John, leader in U. S. Senate, [107];
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, [115];
nominated for Presidency, [183];
vote in Georgia for, [184]
Benjamin, Judah P., Attorney General of Confederate States, [221];
legal practice in England, [310]
Benning, Col., assumes command of Toombs' brigade, [268]
Benton, Thomas H., on disunion, [81]
Berrien, John M., censured by Georgia Democrats, [39];
represents Georgia in U. S. Senate, [68];
in campaign of 1851, [93], [94]
Bill of Rights, in Constitutional convention, [345]
Bird, Edge, reunion with Toombs, [298], [299]
Black, Edward J., opposes Toombs in campaign of 1844, [53]
Blaine, J. G., characterization of Toombs' farewell speech in Senate, [205];
on bombardment of Sumter, [229];
on ravages of Confederate ships, [232];
objects to Toombs' restoration to citizenship, [313]
Blair, Frank P., nominated for Vice-presidency, [324]
Blockade of Southern ports, [229]
Bonds, repudiation of outlawed, [343], [344]
Boston, lecture in, [129-135]
Boston Journal, on Toombs' lecture, [131]
Boyd Amendment, [80]
Braddock, Gen., massacre of his command, [1]
Bragg, Gen., opposed by Toombs and Linton Stephens, [274]
Breckenridge, John C., elected vice president, [152];
nominated for Presidency, [183];
vote in Georgia for, [184];
last attendance at Confederate Cabinet, [282]
Bright, John, restrains recognition of Confederacy, [232], [233]
Broderick, Senator, eulogized by Toombs, [336]
Brooks, Preston S., assaults Sumner, [141], [142];
reëlected, [142]
Brown, John, raid on Harper's Ferry, [169];
execution, [169];
influence of, [170];
Toombs' characterization of his raid, [172], [173]
Brown, Joseph E., nominated for governorship of Georgia, [154];
rise of, [156], [157];
supported by Toombs, [157];
ability, [158];
elected governor, [158];
candidate for reëlection to governorship, [166];
seizes Fort Pulaski, [214];
opposes Conscription and Impressment Acts, [273];
commended by Toombs, [278];
parting with Toombs, [281];
joins Republican party, [290];
strained relations with Toombs, [333-336]
Browne, W. M., Confederate Assistant Secretary of State, [237]
Brussels, visit to, [126]
Buchanan, James, on Kansas-Nebraska bill, [114], [115];
nominated for Presidency, [141];
elected, [152];
position on Territorial question, [159];
dissolution of Cabinet, [199]
Bullock, Gov., [317], [320], [321]
Bunker Hill Monument, denial of speech about slave roll-call, at, [119]
Burt, Armistead, member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56]
Bush Arbor meeting, [324-327]
Butler, Benjamin F., member of Charleston convention, [176]
Butler, Senator, Sumner's strictures on, [142]
Calhoun, John C., compared with Toombs, [14];
as a lawyer, [16];
conflict with Jackson, [29];
admiration of Toombs for, [31], [104], [367];
railroad schemes of, [41];
arraigned for the "sugar letter," [46];
characterization of acquired Mexican territory, [67];
last efforts of, [68], [79], [107]
California, acquisition of, [67];
question of admission of, [77-81], [85];
Toombs' ideas on exclusion of slavery from, [91];
supports the South in Charleston convention, [177]
Cameron, Simon, criticised by Toombs, [197]
Canada, favors purchase of, [195]
Caribbean Sea, advocates making a mare clausum, [196]
Carlyle, Thomas, view of the Civil War, [233];
Toombs' interviews with, [310]
Cass, Lewis, defeated for the Presidency, [63];
leader in U. S. Senate, [107];
enmity to, by Northern men, [118]
Catlett, Miss, [3]
Central America, favors purchase of, [195]
Centreville, Johnston's advance to, [238];
Toombs' retreat from, [239];
escape of Toombs through, [292]
Chandler, Daniel, [9]
Charles I., legend of Toombs' ancestors and, [1], [2], [156]
Charleston, S. C., Yancey's speech in, [178];
excitement at bombardment of Sumter, [227]
Charleston convention, the, [175-181]
Charlton, Robert M., Democratic leader, [51];
opposition to Toombs, [95]
Chase, Salmon P., represents Ohio in U. S. Senate, [68], [107];
an "Independent Democrat," 109;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, [115]
Chattahoochee River, Toombs' escape by, [301]
Chenault, Nick, [288]
Cherokee County, sends Brown to State Senate, [157]
Chickahominy River, Johnston's retreat behind, [245]
Chickamauga, dispute between Gen. Hill and Gen. Walker at battle of, [258], [259]
Choate, Rufus, Toombs on, [367]
Cilley duel, the, [55]
Cincinnati Platform of 1856, [141], [165]
Civil war, Toombs' horror of, [120];
opening of the, [227]
Clarke, Gen. John, feud with Crawford, [29], [30]
Clarkesville, Ga., summer residence at, [372]
Clay, Henry, [14];
Toombs' opinion of, [38], [50], [104], [367];
nominated for Presidency, [46];
Compromise measures, [52], [79];
opposition to, in campaign of 1844, [54], [55];
popularity, [55];
position in campaign of 1848, [60];
opinion on disposition of acquired territory, [67];
last efforts of, [68];
the "Omnibus bill," 80;
death, [107];
denies framing the Missouri Compromise, [113];
position on internal improvements, [188];
his loss felt, [201]
Clay and Adams compact, the, [14]
Clayton Compromise, the, [61], [62], [64]
Cleveland, Grover, Toombs' speech on election of, [370]
Cobb, Gov. Howell, as a lawyer, [16], [20], [21];
Democratic leader, [51];
member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56];
elected Speaker of House of Representatives, [69];
position on admission of California, [81];
position on disunion, [82];
nominated for governorship, [86];
characteristics of, [87];
in campaign of 1851, [92];
elected governor, [93];
opinion of Joseph E. Brown, [155];
indorses seceders from Charleston convention, [179];
prominence of, [186];
deputy to Provisional Congress, [215];
president of Provisional Congress, [216];
addresses meeting at Atlanta, [324]
Cobb, Thomas R. R., zeal for secession, [212];
deputy to Provisional Congress, [215]
Cobb, Thomas W., guardian of Robert Toombs, [7], [8]
College discipline, [8], [9]
Collins v. Central R. R. & Banking Co., case argued by Toombs, [346]
Colquitt, Walter T., elected U. S. Senator, [38];
Democratic leader, [51]
Columbia County, legal practice in, [15]
Columbia River, boundary line of, [57]
Commerce, Toombs' views on the power to regulate, [189]
Committee on Banking, General Assembly, chairman of, [33]
Committee on Internal Improvements, General Assembly, member of, [33];
chairman of, [40]
Committee on State of the Republic, General Assembly, chairman of, [33]
Committees, views on legislation through, [196]
Compromise bill, the, [52]
Compromise of 1850, the, [67-82];
indorsed by Whig and Democratic conventions at Baltimore, [97];
Gen. Scott's position on, [103]
Cone, Francis H., as a lawyer, [16];
opposed to Toombs at the bar, [25];
quarrel with Stephens, [62]
Confederacy, last days of the, [280-284]
Confederate commissioners, mission to Washington, [222-224];
sent to Europe, [229]
Confederate navy, captures by, [232]
Confederate States, preparation of Constitution for, [219], [220];
appointment of Cabinet, [221];
last meeting of Cabinet, [282]
Conscription and Impressment Acts, opposition to, [272], [273]
Constitutional Union party, [81], [93], [183]
Constitutional convention, and the new constitution of Georgia, [337-352]
Conventions, Toombs' opinion of, [103], [104], [106]
Corporations, attitude toward, [346]
Crawford, George W., as a lawyer, [16];
resolution in Whig convention of 1848, [60];
connection with the Golphin claim, [65];
retirement of, [66];
presides over State Sovereignty convention, [209]
Crawford, Martin J., deputy to Provisional Congress, [215];
Confederate commissioner to Washington, [222]
Crawford, William H., career, [13], [14], [16];
feud with Clarke, [29], [30];
heads Whig electoral ticket in Georgia, 1848, [60]
Creek War, Toombs' service in, [32];
anecdote of sutler, [352]
Creole, Toombs' escape on the, [303], [304]
Crittenden Compromise, the, [202], [203]
Cuba, favors purchase of, [195], [196];
arrival in, [307]
Cumberland Gap, railroad scheme for, [41]
Cumming, Major J. B., [259]
Cummings Point battery, fires on Fort Sumter, [227]
Cushing, Caleb, president of Charleston convention, [175];
resigns chairmanship of Baltimore convention, [182];
presides over seceders from Baltimore convention, [183]
Dallas, George M., attitude on tariff question, [50];
Georgia's vote for, [55]
Danburg, letter from Toombs to constituents at, [199-201]
Davis, Col., quarrel with Henry Clay, [54], [55]
Davis, Jefferson, Toombs' advice to, [23];
member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56];
on Toombs' financial ability, [59];
represents Mississippi in U. S. Senate, [68];
defeated by Foote, [97];
debate with Douglas on popular sovereignty, [163], [164];
personal traits, [163];
Senate resolutions concerning Southern principles, [181];
election to Presidency of Confederate States, [217], [218];
appoints his Cabinet, [221];
belief in Seward, [223];
Toombs' opinion of, [241], [242], [246];
debate with Toombs on Army Appropriation bill, [247-249];
policy and character of, [274], [275];
attends last meeting of Confederate Cabinet, [281], [282];
tribute to Toombs, [284];
arrest of, [284];
last meeting with Toombs, [284], [285];
in irons, [298]
Davis, John W., elected Speaker of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56]
Dawson, William C., as a lawyer, [16];
candidate for governor of Georgia, [37];
enters U. S. Senate, [68]
Deas, Joseph, aids Toombs' escape, [296]
Declaration of Independence, position on slavery question, [132]
Declaration of Paris, accepted by Confederate government, [231]
Delaware delegates leave Charleston convention, [177]
Democratic party, strength in Georgia, [30];
supports central bank scheme, [38];
censures Senator Berrien, [39];
criticised, [48];
carries additional protection measure, [51];
attempt to defeat Toombs by, in 1848, [63], [64];
elects Cobb Speaker of House, [69];
joint action with Whigs in Georgia, [85];
convention at Baltimore, [97];
loss of House majority, [121];
nominates Buchanan, [141];
nominates Brown for governor of Georgia, [154];
split over Territorial question, [166], [167];
demand for new plank in platform, [167];
split among Georgia Democrats, [182];
success in State legislature, [329]
Depreciation of currency, [31]
District of Columbia, Clay's proposed abolition of slave trade in, [79];
amendment as to slavery in, [202]
Disunion, opposition to, [81];
clamor for, [83]
Dooly, Judge, [14]
"Door sill" speech, the, [170-174]
Dougherty, Robert, [9]
Douglas, Stephen A., member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56];
enters U. S. Senate, [68];
leader in U. S. Senate, [107];
introduces Kansas-Nebraska bill, [108], [109];
second bill on Kansas-Nebraska question, [109];
burned in effigy, [115];
Presidential aspirations, [140], [161];
debate with Lincoln, [161], [162];
accused of participation in assault on Sumner, [142], [143];
eulogized by Toombs, [148], [149], [164], [165], [167];
opposes Lecompton constitution, [160];
indorses Dred Scott decision, [160];
reëlected to U. S. Senate, [162], [163];
views on popular sovereignty, [163], [164];
resolution for protection of States against invasion, [170-172];
rupture with Toombs, [181];
nominated for Presidency, [182];
vote in Georgia for, [184]
Dred Scott case, [159]
Droomgoole, George C., member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56]
Du Bose, Dudley M., Toombs' adjutant-general, [237];
forms partnership with Toombs, [316];
sent to Congress, [329]
Du Bose, Mrs. Dudley M., death of, [310]
Du Bose v. Georgia Railroad, case argued by Toombs, [346]
Du Quesne, Fort, massacre at, [1]
Eberhart case, the, [25], [26]
Elbert County, admission to bar in, [13];
legal practice in, [15], [16], [22], [23];
popularity in, [22];
escape through, [288], [289], [292]
Elberton, Ga., speech at, [89]
Electoral vote, views on counting, [193], [194]
Emigrant Aid Societies, [115-118], [159]
Enghien, visit to, [309]
England, introduction of slavery into Colonies by, [134]
English compromise on Lecompton constitution, [164]
[Eugénie], Empress, Toombs' interviews with, [310]
Europe, trip in, [125-128];
hesitation of powers in regard to the Confederacy, [233]
Evans, Augusta J., aids Toombs' escape, [302], [303]
Evans, Howard, aids Toombs' escape, [302], [303]
Everett, Edward, nominated for Vice-presidency, [183]
Fanning, Welcome, [6]
Felton, W. H., opposition to, [105]
"Fifty-four forty, or fight," 57
Fillmore, Millard, nominated for Vice-presidency, [60];
on repeal of Missouri Compromise, [115];
nominated for Presidency, [140];
Toombs' characterization of, [149], [150];
electoral vote for, [152]
Finance Committee of Provisional Congress, chairman of, [220]
Fish, Hamilton, vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, [115]
Fitzpatrick, Gov., declines nomination for Vice-presidency, [182]
Florida, delegates leave Charleston convention, [177];
secession of, [213]
Foote, Henry S., represents Mississippi in U. S. Senate, [68];
elected governor of Mississippi, [97];
contest with Davis in Mississippi, [163]
"Forbidden Fruit," 67
Force bill, the, [51]
Foreacre, Supt., frames railroad law, [351]
Forensic eloquence, [18], [21], [24], [25], [27], [28], [361]
Forsyth, John, Confederate commissioner to Washington, [222]
Forsythe, John C., attitude on the Compromise bill, [52]
Forts. See their names.
France, Mexican schemes, [233];
political events in, [309], [310]
Franklin College, [6-12]
Franklin County, legal practice in, [16]
Freemasons, joins the, [289]
Freeport, Ill., debate between Lincoln and Douglas at, [161], [162]
Free-Soil party, [89]
Free-Soil settlers, [115], [116]
Frémont, John C., nominated for Presidency, [140];
electoral vote for, [152]
French, Capt. H. L., account of Toombs at second battle of Manassas, [261]
Fugitive-Slave law, Clay's proposed, [79];
the Georgia platform, [86];
indorsed by Whig convention at Baltimore, [97];
Webster's attitude on, [100];
allusion to, in Boston lecture, [131]
Fugitive-Slave laws, passage of new, [170];
proposed amendments, [202];
demands of the South as to, [206]
Fulton, Col. M. C., narrow escape of, [304]
Gardner, James, candidate for governorship of Georgia, [157]
Garrison, W. L., denunciation of U. S. Constitution, [129]
General Assembly, service in the, [17], [30-46];
vote for Speaker in, [33]
Geneva, visit to, [126]
Georgia, land-grant to Major Robert Toombs in, [2];
distress in, [34-37];
first railroad in, [40];
internal improvements, [40];
establishment of Supreme Court, [41];
organization of Congressional districts, [44];
supports Jackson in 1824, [51];
Henry Clay in, [55];
panegyric on, [58];
formation of "Rough and Ready" clubs in, [60];
the Clayton Compromise in, [60-62];
formation of Constitutional Union party, [81], [183];
growth of secession sentiment in, [83], [201], [204];
adoption of the "Georgia Platform," [86];
nomination of Howell Cobb for governor, [86];
nomination of McDonald for governor, [86];
a national battle ground, [102];
supports Pierce and King, [102], [103];
uncertainty of politics in, [121];
breaking up of Know-nothing party in, [122];
campaign of 1855, [128];
vote for Buchanan in convention, [141];
campaign of 1856, [143-152];
politics in, [145];
carried by Buchanan, [152];
campaign of 1857, [154];
opposition to Brown's reëlection, [166];
indorsement of Toombs' sentiments by, [168];
position on the Fugitive-Slave law, [174];
action of delegates to Charleston convention, [179];
split in Democratic party, [182];
vote in 1860, [184];
prominence in 1860, [186];
call for State convention, [200];
votes for secession, [209];
institution of slavery in, [211];
wealth at time of secession, [213];
agricultural policy during war, [275];
the militia, [276-278];
the March to the Sea, [280];
Gov. Brown's address to people of, [290];
Toombs' acquaintance in, [299];
Toombs' return to, [315];
in reconstruction days, [315-329];
Constitutional convention, and the new constitution, [337-352];
railroad commission formed, [350], [351]
Georgia Platform, the, [83], [93], [97]
Georgia Railroad, [40]
Gettysburg and Malvern Hill compared, [252]
Gillet, R. H., vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, [115]
Gilmer, George R., as a lawyer, [16];
on railroad construction, [41]
Glen Spring, Ga., meeting between Hill and Brown at, [155]
Golphin claim, the, [65]
Gonder, Major, aids Toombs' escape, [294], [295]
Gordon, Gen. John B., interview with Tilden, [321];
nominated for governor, [324]
Gordonsville, Toombs under arrest at, [259], [260]
Grady, Henry W., characterization of J. E. Brown, [156];
at Bush Arbor meeting, [327];
on Toombs' approaching death, [374]
"Gray Alice," 5, [268], [288], [292], [297], [300], [301]
Great Britain, contention over Oregon question, [56-59];
accused of lack of sympathy with the North, [230]
"Great Pacificator," the, [201]
Greeley, Horace, nomination opposed by Toombs, [105], [332]
Greene County, partition of land in, [3];
legal practice in, [16]
Gresham, J. J., [179]
Gulf of Mexico, advocates making a mare clausum, [196]
Habersham County, escape through, [291]
[Hagarstown], taken possession of by Toombs, [265]
Hale, Senator, contest with Toombs in Kansas debate, [117-120]
Hallet, B. F., letter from Toombs to, [119]
Hamlin, Hannibal, member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56];
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, [115]
Hardeman, Frank, [14]
Hardeman, Judge Samuel H., [26]
Harper's Ferry, John Brown's raid on, [169]
Harrisburg convention, demands protection, [51]
Harrison, W. H., election of, [33];
Toombs' interest in election of, [45]
Harrison Landing, Toombs' escape by, [288]
Hayne, R. Y., challenge to Webster, [175]
Hayti, effects of emancipation in, [134]
Heard House, the, [282]
Hill, Benjamin H., as a lawyer, [20];
associated with Toombs in Eberhart case, [26];
opposition to Toombs, [95];
rising fame of, [144];
debate with Toombs, [144-152];
nominated for governorship of Georgia, [155];
supports Bell and Everett, [184];
Vincent's characterization of, [184], [185];
deputy to Provisional Congress, [215];
chosen Confederate Senator, [241];
addresses meeting at Atlanta, [324], [327];
challenged by Stephens, [336]
Hill, Gen. D. H., at Malvern Hill, [252], [253];
charges against Toombs, and correspondence thereon, [254-258];
character, [258], [259];
challenged by Toombs, [336]
Hilliard, Henry W., member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56]
Hillyer, Dr., assists in Toombs' funeral services, [375], [376]
Holt, Hines, opposition to Toombs, [95]
Homestead and Exemption laws, [38], [317], [340]
Hood, Gen. J. B., in command of Confederate forces, [276]
House of Representatives, U. S., Toombs' action on organization of House, Dec. 22, 1850, [71-76]
Houston, Samuel, represents Texas in U. S. Senate, [68];
comparison of Toombs with, [131]
Houston County, Toombs' escape through, [299]
Huger, Gen., [245]
Hughes, Col. David, aids Toombs' escape, [297]
Huling, Catharine, [3], [4]
Hunter, Robert M. T., member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56];
represents Virginia in U. S. Senate, [68];
succeeds Toombs' as Secretary of State, [237]
Illinois, contest between Lincoln and Douglas in, [161], [162];
reëlection of Douglas to Senate, [163];
government control of railroads, [346]
Internal improvements, views on, [188-191], [197];
principles of Confederate Constitution on, [220]
Interstate Commerce Law, Georgia's influence in framing, [351]
Intoxicating liquor, use of, [364-368]
Ireland, tour through, [126]
Irvin, Charles E., aids Toombs to escape, [287-305];
arrested at Savannah, [291];
war record, [305]
Jack Jones case, the, [361]
Jackson, Pres. Andrew, defeated by Adams, [14];
conflict with Calhoun, [29];
Toombs' vote for, [30];
opposition to, by Troup, [31];
attitude on tariff of 1824, [51];
nullification proclamation, [52];
position on internal improvements, [188]
Jackson, Chief Justice, tribute to Toombs, [27], [28]
Jamaica, effects of emancipation in, [134]
James River, Army of Potomac driven back to, [24]
Jefferson, Thomas, supports the tariff, [48];
detestation of party machinery, [106];
position on internal improvements, [188]
Jefferson County, on the stump in, [90]
Jenkins, Charles J., as a lawyer, [16];
elected Speaker of House, General Assembly, [33];
defeated for U. S. senatorship, [38];
reports the "Georgia Platform," [86];
author of the Georgia Platform, [92], [93];
opinion of Berrien, [93];
nominated for Vice-presidency, [99];
career of, [101];
personal character, [102];
disputes reconstruction measures, [323];
carries off the great seal of Georgia, [333], [338];
president of Constitutional convention, [337];
deposed from governorship, [337];
views on railroad question, [345]
Johnson, Andrew, member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56];
impeachment of, [310];
Toombs' interview with, [313]
Johnson, Herschel V., Democratic leader, [51];
elected governor of Georgia, [128];
leads Union wing of Georgia Democrats, [182];
nominated for Vice-presidency, [183];
challenged by Stephens, [336]
Johnson, R. M., reunion with Toombs, [298], [299]
Johnson, Fort, fires on Fort Sumter, [227]
Johnston, Gen. Joseph E., on first battle of Manassas, [238];
advance on Washington, [238];
withdraws from Manassas, [239];
heated interview with Toombs, [243];
recognizes Toombs' worth, [243], [244];
retreats behind the Chickahominy, [245];
criticism of Southern soldiers, [271];
relieved from command, [276];
struggle with Sherman, [280]
Jones, Gen. D. R., report of second battle of Manassas, [261];
reports of Toombs' actions at Antietam, [264], [265]
Judiciary Committee, General Assembly, chairman of, [33], [38]
Kansas, civil war in, [115-118], [159];
Pierce's message on state of, [115], [116]
Kansas bill, opposition to, [166]
Kansas-Nebraska bill, [107-115];
dissatisfaction with, in Georgia, [143];
Hill on, [147-149]
Kennan, A. H., deputy to Provisional Congress, [215]
Kentucky, partial secession measures of, [233]
Kimball House Company, financial dealings of Toombs with, [42]
Kinch, ——, sutler in Creek war, [352]
Knott, Pres. Eliphalet, [13]
Know-nothing party. See American party
Labor, views on, [197]
Lamar, A. R., description of Toombs, [236], [237]
Lamar, De Rosset, Toombs' aid-de-camp, [237]
Lamartine, Toombs compared with, [76]
Land-jobbing, opposition to, [53]
Lane, Jack, reunion with Toombs, [298], [299]
Lane, Joseph C., nominated for Vice-presidency, [183]
Lanier, Sidney, [284]
Lawton, A. R., supported by Toombs, [369]
Lecompton constitution, favored by Buchanan, [160];
passes the Senate, [164]
Lee, Gen. Robert E., captures John Brown, [169];
successes of, [246];
invades Maryland, [262];
report of Toombs' actions at Antietam, [264]
Le Seur, Alexander, aids Toombs' escape, [288], [289]
Lewis, D. W., defeated by Stephens, [93]
Lexington, Ga., speech in, [92];
debate between Hill and Stephens at, [144], [145]
Lincoln, Abraham, views on slavery question, [67];
personal traits, [161], [162];
opposes Douglas, [161], [162];
letter to Stephens, [199];
election of, [199];
Toombs' views of his policy, [200];
war pressure on, [224];
compared with Seward, [225];
relies on Northern unanimity, [226];
proclaims blockade of Southern ports, [229];
disputes with McClellan, [239];
confidence in Toombs, [367]
"Little Giant," the, [109], [161]
Longstreet, Gen., opinion of Toombs, [106], [241], [271];
quarrel with Toombs, [259], [260];
report of Manassas and Maryland campaign, [269];
compliments Toombs, [269];
Toombs' opinion of, [325]
Lookout Mountain, last meeting of Davis and Toombs at, [284], [285]
Louisiana, Calhoun's "sugar letter" to, [46];
delegates leave Charleston convention, [177];
secession of, [216]
Lumpkin, Joseph H., as a lawyer, [16];
opinion of Toombs' legal skill, [20]
Lumpkin, murder case at, [23]
Lyons, visit to, [126]
Lyons, Lord, British minister at Washington, [230]
Macon County, Toombs' escape through, [299]
Madison, James, position on internal improvements, [188]
Magna Charta, lecture on, [327-329]
Magruder, Gen., operations on Warwick River, [244];
command on the peninsula, [245]
Mallory, S. B., Secretary of Navy of Confederate States, [221]
Mallorysville, Ga., speech at, [46]
Malvern Hill, battle of, [1], [252], [253]
Manassas, first battle of, [238];
evacuated by Confederates, [239];
Toombs at second battle, [260-262]
Manufactures, argument in favor of, [49]
March to the Sea, the, [280]
Marcy, Secretary, [231]
Marietta, speech in, [91]
Marque, letters of, [229-232]
Marseilles, visit to, [126]
Marshall, Chief Justice, [38]
Marshall, Humphrey, duel with Henry Clay, [55];
recognizes Toombs at New Orleans, [305]
Martin, Major Luther, gives Toombs his parole papers, [291];
his house raided, [292]
Maryland, invasion of, [262]
Mason, A. D., commissioner to Europe, [229]
Mason, James M., represents Virginia in U. S. Senate, [68];
reads Calhoun's last speech, [79], [107]
Massachusetts, power of Abolitionists in, [109];
withdraws from Baltimore Convention, [182]
Mattox, Col. W. H., shelters Toombs, [292]
Maximilian, Emperor, defeat and execution of, [233]
Maybrick, Mrs., [9]
McClellan, Gen., succeeds McDowell, [238];
disputes with Lincoln, [239];
marches up the peninsula, [244]
McDaniel, H. D., frames railroad law, [351]
McDonald, Charles J., relief measures of, [34-37];
reëlected, [37];
supports central bank scheme, [38];
represents Georgia at Nashville convention, [85];
nominated for governor, [86];
Toombs on the nomination of, [90];
supported by Berrien, [93];
defeated, [93];
opposition to Toombs, [158]
McDowell, Gen., succeeded by McClellan, [238]
McDuffie, George, as a lawyer, [16];
Toombs' contentions with, [45-51];
Democratic leader, [51]
McKennon, ——, resignation from Interior Department, [101]
McMillan, Robert, as a lawyer, [16];
defeated by Toombs, [93]
Mediterranean, visit to, [126]
Memminger, C. G., as a lawyer, [21];
Secretary of Treasury of Confederate States, [221]
Merriweather, ——, Whig leader, [51]
Mexican war, fruits of, [60]
Mexico, defense of, in Texas question, [53];
Toombs' opinions on conquest of, [59];
the Clayton Compromise, [61];
troubles over territory acquired from, [67];
Toombs favors purchase of, [195];
French schemes in, [233]
Might against right, [112]
Milledge, Gov. John, [7]
Milledgeville, Toombs in General Assembly at, [17];
Toombs' practice in, [22], [123];
doctrine of States' Rights, affirmed at convention of 1833, [52];
convention of 1850 at, [86];
call for State convention in 1860 at, [179];
meeting of State Sovereignty convention at in 1861, [209]
Miller, Andrew J., [16]
Mirabeau, Toombs compared with, [46], [70]
Mississippi, position in secession question, [97];
delegates leave Charleston convention, [177];
secession of, [213]
Mississippi River, views on appropriations for, [189-191]
Missouri, sends settlers to Kansas, [115], [159];
representation at Baltimore convention, [182];
partial secession measures of, [233];
government control of railroads in, [346]
Missouri Compromise, refusal to extend the line of, [67];
Sumner's claims for, [108];
denounced by Toombs, [114];
Fillmore on the repeal of, [115]
Mobile, Ala., escape through, [301-303]
Monopolies, hatred for, [26], [348], [349]
Monroe, Fortress, McClellan's arrival at, [244];
Stephens imprisoned at, [298]
Monroe, James, position on internal improvements, [188]
Montgomery, Ala., Provisional Congress at, [216]
Morris Island fires on Sumter, [227]
Morton, Oliver P., [314]
Moses, R. J., Toombs' commissary general, [237];
account of dispute between Toombs and Gen. Hill, [256], [257]
Moultrie, Fort, fires on Fort Sumter, [227]
Mount Pleasant battery fires on Fort Sumter, [227]
Munson's Hill, Toombs' position at, [238]
Naples, visit to, [126]
Nashville, convention at, [85]
National debt, views on, [197]
National Democratic party, defeated, [327];
nominates Greeley for Presidency, [332]
Neahmatha, insurrection of, [32]
Negroes, Toombs on the status of, [133-137];
Toombs' treatment of his, [138], [139];
decision of Dred Scott case, [159];
Toombs' position toward, after the war, [341]
New Mexico, bill to organize, [65];
acquisition of, [67];
question of organizing Territory, [79], [80]
New Orleans, fall of, [245];
escape through, [304], [305]
Newspaper criticisms and misrepresentations, [365], [366]
New World, return to America on the, [313]
New York City, speech for Taylor in 1848, [64]
New York State, power of Abolitionists in, [109]
New York Express, on Boston lecture, [131], [132]
Nicholls, Col. John C., messenger from Toombs to Brown, [335]
Nisbet, Eugenius A., offers secession resolution, [209];
deputy to Provisional Congress, [215]
Norfolk, loss of, [245]
North Carolina, supports Jackson, [29];
secedes, [233]
Northern Circuit of Georgia, the bar of, [16]
"Notes on the Situation," [185], [326]
Nullification, [51], [52]
O'Brien, Rev. J. M., [362]
Ocmulgee River, watched for Toombs, [298];
escape across, [299]
Oconee River, [7], [296]
Oglethorpe, Ga., escape through, [299]
Oglethorpe County, legal practice in, [15], [16], [25]
Ohio, position in regard to the Wilmot Proviso, [60];
power of Abolitionists in, [109];
government control of railroads in, [346]
Olin, Stephen, [9]
Omnibus bill (Clay's), [80]
Omnibus bill (State aid to railroads), opposed by Toombs, [191]
Ordinance of Secession, [209], [214]
Oregon supports the South in Charleston convention, [177]
Oregon question, prominence in 1845, [56-59]
Outlawry, Toombs' glory in, [23]
Paine, Tom., Toombs' liking for, [368]
Panic of 1837, [16], [31], [41]
Paris, visit to, [126];
flight to, [308]
Payne, Henry B., member of Charleston convention, [176]
Peace congress, [234]
Peace resolutions, [273]
Peach Tree Creek, in battle at, [276]
Pennsylvania, government control of railroads, [346]
Pension grabs, views on, [192], [193], [197]
Peter's Colony Grant, [152]
Phillips, Wendell, oratory of, [129]
Pickens, Gov., Democratic leader, [51];
notified in regard to Fort Sumter, [224]
Pierce, Bishop Geo. F., [10], [11], [376]
Pierce, Pres. Franklin, Toombs' estimate of, [367];
message on state of Kansas, [115], [116];
vetoes Mississippi River bill, [191]
Polk, Pres. James K., attitude toward protection, [50];
Georgia's vote for, [55];
position on Oregon question, [57];
forced to retire from Oregon position, [59];
veto of River and Harbor bill, [188];
vetoes supported by Toombs, [191]
Pope, Sarah, [3]
Pope, ——, death of, and generosity of Toombs to his family, [359], [360]
Pope, Gen., driven from Virginia, [262]
Popular sovereignty, Douglas' doctrine of, [162-164]
Postal service, views on, [197]
Pottle, Judge E. H., [25], [26]
"Pour it back in the jug," [352]
Prather, Col., shelters Toombs, [290]
Prentiss, Sergeant S., vanquished in debate by Davis, [163]
Presidential vote, Toombs' views on counting, [193]
Principles of Magna Charta, lecture, [327-329]
Privateers, [229-232]
Produce Loan, the, [236]
Prohibitionists, Toombs' opinion of, [374]
Protection, defense of, [48-50];
in campaign of 1844, [51]
Provisional Congress of seceded States, [214-218]
Pulaski, Fort, seized by Gov. Brown, [214]
Railroad Commission of Georgia, [350], [351];
Toombs' appearance before, [362]
Railroad corporations, Toombs' attitude toward, [342], [345-351]
Randall, S. J., proposes General Amnesty Act, [313]
Randolph, John, duel with Henry Clay, [55]
Rapidan River, Confederate retirement along, [239];
Toombs' brigade at the, [259]
Rappahannock River, Confederates retire behind, [239]
Reagan, J. H., Postmaster General of Confederate States, [221];
recognizes Toombs' merits, [270];
last attendance at Confederate Cabinet, [282]
Reconstruction Acts, views on, [325], [326]
Reese, Judge William M., on the practice of law, [15];
description of Toombs by, [24];
opinion of Toombs' speeches, [329], [330];
frames railroad law, [351]
Religion, liberality in matters of, [124], [125]
Republican party, formation of, [140];
growing strength of, [161];
arraigned by Toombs, [172-174], [203];
opposition to, in Georgia, [324]
Repudiation, [343], [344]
Rhett, R. Barnwell, Democratic leader, [51];
member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56]
Rhine, voyage down the, [126]
Richmond, Va., call for convention in, [178];
chosen as capital of Confederacy, [232];
McClellan's march on, [244];
Toombs at defense of, [245], [246]
Right to bear arms, views on, [340]
River and Harbor bills, views on, [188-191]
Roanoke, plantation at, [23], [330]
Roman, A. B., Confederate commissioner to Washington, [222]
Roman Catholic Church, Toombs' liberality toward, [124]
Rome, visit to, [126]
Rost, A. P., commissioner to Europe, [229]
"Rough and Ready" clubs, [60]
Russia supports the North, [233]
Sanders, Miss, [3]
Savannah, siege of, [279];
arrest of Irvin at, [291]
Savannah River, views on clearing, [188];
Toombs' escape by, [288]
"Scarlet Letter," the, [178]
Schenectady, college course at, [13]
Scotland, tour through, [126]
Scott, Gen. Winfield, service under, [32];
opposition to, by Southern Whigs, [98];
Toombs' estimate of, [98], [99];
defeats Webster, [100];
vote for, in 1852, [103];
rupture of Whig party in Georgia on his nomination, [121];
opinion of Fort Sumter, [223]
Secession, clamor for, [83], [201];
assertion of right of, [87];
Toombs charged with fomenting, [94];
foreseen by Toombs, [200];
Toombs committed to the policy, [203];
Georgia's vote for, [209];
passage of Ordinance of, [209]
Seward, William H., enters the U. S. Senate, [68], [107];
an "Independent Democrat," [109];
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, [115];
refuses audience to Confederate commissioners, [222];
views on evacuation of Fort Sumter, [222], [223];
compared with Lincoln, [225];
accuses Great Britain of lack of sympathy, [230];
diplomacy of, [233]
Seymour, Horatio, nominated for Presidency, [324]
Sharpsburg, battle of, [263-269]
Sherman, W. T., March to the Sea, [280]
"Siamese Twins," the, [182]
Simpson, W. W., reunion with Toombs, [298], [299]
Slaughter, James M., letter from Yancey to, [177], [178]
Slavery, Gabriel Toombs' treatment of negroes, [3];
arraignment of Calhoun for the "sugar letter," [46];
Toombs' attitude toward, [46], [47], [48];
the Clayton Compromise, [61], [64];
Lincoln's views on, [67], [162];
Toombs' actions and speeches on slavery in Territories, [69], [76-81], [164], [166], [167], [181];
Clay's resolutions to abolish, in District of Columbia, [79];
protest against admission of California by Nashville convention, [85];
Toombs accused of unsoundness on the question of, [85];
the Georgia Platform, [86];
Toombs' ideas on exclusion of, from California, [91];
the Kansas-Nebraska bill, [108-115];
provisions for, in U. S. Constitution, [114];
question reopened by Kansas-Nebraska bill, [114];
lecture in Boston on, [129-135];
Toombs on the status of the negro, [133-137];
decision of Dred Scott case, [159];
Southern view of Dred Scott decision as affecting Territories, [162];
Douglas' views on, in Territories, [163], [164];
anxiety in the South for protection of, [165];
demand for new plank in platform of Democratic party, [167];
deadlock on, in Charleston convention, [177];
Lincoln's letter to Stephens, [199];
tendency toward extinction, [199];
measures before the House, [202];
the Crittenden Compromise, [202], [203];
demands of the South as to, [206];
institution in Georgia, [211]
Slidell, John, member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56];
leader in U. S. Senate, [107]
Smith, Col. Jack, aids Toombs' escape, [295]
Smith, Col. Marshal J., aids Toombs' escape, [305]
Smith, George W., [242]
South, stability of social institutions in, [138];
demands of the, as set forth by Toombs, [205-208];
sacrifices by secession, [213]
South Carolina, condemnation of school of politics of, [53];
supports Pierce, [103];
Hayne's challenge to Webster, [175];
secession of, [213]
Southern Methodist Church, Toombs' communion with, [373]
Southern Rights party, nominates Troup for Presidency, [102]
Sparta, Ga., Toombs' escape by, [293], [298]
Speeches, [i], [iv], [18], [20], [21], [23-25], [27], [28], [46-50], [57], [59], [64], [69-78], [85], [88], [89], [91], [92], [98], [99], [103-105], [109-118], [145-152], [165-168], [170-174], [176], [177], [187-193], [205-208], [236], [237], [317], [318], [324-326], [329], [331], [336], [348], [349], [369], [370]
Squatter sovereignty, [153];
Douglas' views on, [160], [162];
Toombs' opposition to, [166], [167];
before Charleston convention, [177]
Stanton, Edwin M., orders arrests of Confederate leaders, [286]
State Railroad of Georgia, supported by Toombs, [192]
State Sovereignty convention, [209]
States' Rights, doctrine affirmed at Milledgeville, [52];
Toombs' characterization of the Clayton Compromise, [61];
speeches and views on, [69], [70], [76-78], [88], [110-114], [116-119], [133];
claims by Nashville convention, [85];
the Cincinnati Platform, [141];
Hill on, [148]
States' Rights party, in campaign of 1844, [51];
nominates Troup for Presidency, [102]
States' Rights Whigs, joined by Toombs, [30];
policy of, [31]
Steiner, Dr. Henry H., [119], [243];
influence over Toombs, [249];
talks with Toombs on spiritual condition, [372], [373];
attends Toombs at the last, [374], [375]
Stephens, Alexander H., his tutor, [6];
as a lawyer, [16];
compared with Toombs, [18], [20], [43];
opinion of Toombs' legal skill, [20];
friendship with Toombs, [43];
position on slavery question, [44];
elected to Congress, [44], [55], [56], [63], [122], [333];
Whig leader, [51];
leads campaign of 1848 in Georgia, [60];
quarrel with Cone, [62];
reported rupture between Pres. Taylor and, [64], [65];
description of Toombs in debate, [75], [76];
position on admission of California, [81];
position on disunion, [82];
sent to conventional Milledgeville, [86];
personality of, [90];
Toombs' description of, [91];
in campaign of 1851, [92];
defeats Lewis, [93];
on the Compromise of 1850, [98];
nominated for Congress by Toombs, [105], [333];
breaks up Know-nothing party in Georgia, [122];
debate with Hill, [144], [145];
on Cincinnati Platform, [165];
opinion on action of Charleston convention, [179];
supports Douglas for Presidency, [183];
Vincent's characterization of, [184], [185];
prominence of, [186];
letter from Lincoln to, [199];
views of secession, [212];
deputy to Provisional Congress, [215];
opinion of Provisional Congress, [216];
Toombs' eulogy of, [216];
opposes Conscription and Impressment Acts, [273];
arrested, [286];
imprisoned at Fortress Monroe, [298];
defeated by Gordon, [333];
becomes Governor of Georgia, [333];
challenges Johnson and Hill, [336];
funeral of, [371], [372];
tribute to Toombs, [375]
Stephens, Linton, opinion of Toombs, [26];
opposes Conscript Acts, [273];
introduces peace resolutions, [273];
career, [274];
aids Toombs' escape, [293];
reunion with Toombs, [298], [299];
disputes reconstruction measures, [323];
activity in reconstruction times, [333]
Stewart County, Toombs' escape through, [301]
Stump-speaking, [145]
Subtreasury system, the, [31], [38]
Sumner, Charles, leader in U. S. Senate, [107];
opposes Kansas-Nebraska bill, [108], [115];
an "Independent Democrat," [109];
denounced by Toombs, [110];
enmity to Southern propagandism, [129];
Brooks' assault on, [141], [142]
Sumter, Fort, Confederate demand for surrender of, [222];
abandonment favored by Lincoln's Cabinet, [223];
preparations to provision, [224];
orders to Beauregard, [225];
bombardment of, [227-229]
Superstition, Toombs' views on, [367]
Supreme Court of Georgia, practice in, [20-22], [24], [25];
establishment of, [41]
Suretyship, opposition to contracts of, [41], [42]
Swedenborg, Toombs' fondness for, [368]
Swinton, William, on Lincoln's administration, [272]
Taliaferro County, assigned to Seventh Congressional District, [44]
Taney, Roger B., decision in Dred Scott case, [159]
Tariff, Whigs favor protective, [31];
defense of the, [48-50];
in campaign of 1844, [51];
modified in 1832, [52];
Toombs' attitude on, [52];
prominence of the question in 1845, [56];
bill of 1846, [59]
Taxation, attitude on Georgia, [54]
Taylor, Gen. Dick, on Toombs' energy, [279], [280]
Taylor, Zachary, nominated for President, [60];
elected, [63];
attitude of Cabinet toward the South, [64];
reported rupture with Toombs and Stephens, [64], [65];
death, [65];
opinion on disposition of acquired territory, [67];
Toombs' opinion of, [367]
Tennessee secedes, [233]
Territories, Toombs' position on slavery in, [69], [76-78], [80], [132], [166], [167], [181];
protest by Nashville convention in regard to, [85];
the Georgia Platform, [86];
the slavery question in the, [87];
third great sectional fight on the, [107-115];
Toombs on Federal power over, [111], [132], [133];
the Cincinnati Platform, [141];
Hill on rights of, [148];
Buchanan's position on question of, [159];
Douglas' views on admission of, [160];
Southern view of Dred Scott decision as affecting slavery in, [162];
Buchanan's resolution in Cincinnati Platform, [165];
contest over slavery in, in Charleston contention, [177];
demands of the South as to, [206]
Texas, Toombs' attitude on annexation of, [53];
prominence of question in 1845, [56];
Toombs' purchase of lands in, [152], [153];
visit to, [153];
delegates leave Charleston convention, [177]
Texas and New Mexico bill, passed, [80]
"The Crime against Kansas," [142]
Thomas, Thomas W., as a lawyer, [16];
leader of campaign of 1848 in Georgia, [60];
on Toombs' characteristics, [272]
Thompson, Jacob, member of the Twenty-ninth Congress, [56];
leader in U. S. Senate, [107]
Tilden, S. J., interview with Gen. Gordon, [321]
Times (London), on bombardment of Sumter, [228], [229]
Tobacco, Toombs' use of, [360], [361]
Toombs, Ann, [3]
Toombs, Augustus, [3]
Toombs, Dawson Gabriel, [3]
Toombs, Gabriel, Sr., [1-3]
Toombs, Gabriel, Jr., [4];
manager of his brother's plantations, [275];
at his brother's bedside, [373];
resemblance to Robert, [373]
Toombs, James, [3]
Toombs, Louise, death of, [312]
Toombs, Gen. Robert, ancestry, [1-4];
birth, [4];
filial affection, [4];
boyhood and education, [4-12];
horsemanship, [4-6];
historical learning, [6];
play upon his name, [6];
generosity, [10], [124], [283], [284], [357];
joins Methodist Church, [11], [373];
trustee of State University, [11];
college legends of, [12];
receives degree, [13];
admitted to the bar, [13];
marriage, [14];
legal career, [13-28];
legal ethics, [18], [19], [23];
oratorical powers, [18], [21], [23-25], [27], [28];
financial ability, [23], [59], [152], [220], [310], [362];
morality, [23], [24];
Reese's opinion of, [24];
justice of, [26], [27];
failing powers, [27];
brilliant plea of, [28];
entrance into politics, [30];
elected to General Assembly, [30];
popularity in Wilkes County, [32];
chairman of Judiciary Committee in General Assembly, [33], [38];
action on Gov. McDonald's relief measures, [34-37];
financial policy, [35-39];
defends Berrien, [39];
support of railroad enterprise, [40];
compared with A. H. Stephens, [43];
friendship of the two, [43];
first participation in national politics, [45];
contentions with McDuffie, [45-51];
charged with being an Abolitionist, [46];
compared to Mirabeau, [46];
delegate to Clay convention of 1844, [46];
opposes acquisition of Texas, [53];
sent to Congress, [55], [56], [63], [93];
position on Oregon question, [57];
leads in campaign of 1848 in Georgia, [60];
reported rupture between Pres. Taylor and, [64], [65];
leads Southern members from Whig caucus, [69];
personal appearance, [72], [74], [89], [90], [130];
domestic character, [82], [353-363];
address to people of Georgia, [83-85];
sent to convention at Milledgeville, [86];
renominated for Congress, [87];
prominence in campaign of 1850, [87], [88];
position on the Union question, [88];
a journalist's description of, [91];
elected U. S. Senator, [94], [158];
charged with fomenting secession, [94];
letters to his wife, [95], [123-125], [158], [239], [242], [277], [278], [310-313], [354], [355], [359], [360];
feeling toward the North, [98];
friendship for Webster, [101];
becomes a Democrat, [105];
independence of, [106];
enters U. S. Senate, [107];
frequently misquoted, [119];
horror of civil war, [120];
death of his daughters, [123], [310], [312];
European trip, [123], [125-128];
liberality in matters of conscience, [125];
physical strength, [125], [127];
international reputation, [126];
knowledge of human nature, [127];
treatment of slaves, [138], [139];
accused of participation in assault on Sumner, [142], [143];
debate with Hill, [144-152];
accused of being a turncoat and disunionist, [151];
address to Northern Democrats, [176], [177];
letter to Macon committee, [179], [180];
advice on Charleston convention matters, [180], [181];
fears for the Constitution, [180], [182];
rupture with Douglas, [181];
delegate to Democratic State convention, [183];
Vincent's characterization of, [184], [185];
charges of desertion of Douglas, [186];
Presidential ambitions, [186], [187];
activity in public duty, [187];
first public office, [192];
accused by Georgia "minute-men," [201];
withdrawal from the Senate, [205-208];
chairman of Committee on Foreign Relations, [214];
writes address to people of Georgia, [215];
deputy to Provisional Congress, [215];
a candidate for Presidency of Southern Confederacy, [216];
machinations against, [218];
curious incidents in life of, [219];
chairman of Finance Committee of Provisional Congress, [220];
made Secretary of State, [221];
opposes assault on Sumter, [226];
triumphs of diplomacy, [230];
joins the army, [235];
speech on the produce loan, [236], [237];
the archives of the Confederacy, [237];
retreat from Centreville, [239];
care of his brigade, [240];
impatience of mismanagement, [240];
elected Confederate Senator, [241];
declines Secretaryship of War, [242];
impatience under red tape, [234], [243];
debate with Davis on Army Appropriation bill, [247-249];
use of liquor, [249], [250];
position on the peninsula, [250];
action at Golding's farm, [250], [251];
at Malvern Hill, [252], [253];
charges of cowardice, and correspondence thereon, [254-258];
quarrel with Longstreet, [259], [260];
under arrest at Gordonsville, [259], [260];
in second battle of Manassas, [261], [262];
report of actions at Antietam, [265-268];
wounded, [268], [269];
popularity among his troops, [269];
leaves the army, [269], [270];
reasons for his non-promotion, [270], [271];
military abilities, [271];
with the militia, [276-279];
declines governorship, [273];
energy of, [279], [280];
parting with Gov. Brown, [281];
action at close of war, [281];
last meeting with Davis, [284], [285];
escape, [286-307];
becomes a Freemason, [289];
conversational powers, [305], [306], [310], [358], [359];
dread of capture, [306];
vivacity, [306];
arrival in Cuba, [307];
arrival in Paris, [308];
sells land, [308];
in exile, [309-313];
returns to America, [312], [313];
unreconstructed, [313];
return to Georgia, [315];
resumes practice of law, [316];
in reconstruction days, [315-329];
master of invective, [318-322], [326];
before the Supreme Court of Georgia, [320], [321];
opinion of Yankees, [322];
zeal, [322], [323];
addresses meeting at Atlanta, [324-326];
fondness for farming, [330], [331];
strained relations with Brown, [333-336];
a believer in the code of honor, [336];
the Constitutional convention, and the new constitution, [337-352];
pays expenses of Constitutional convention, [344], [345];
golden wedding, [356], [357];
hospitality, [357], [358];
sympathies of, [359], [360];
last appearance in court, [361], [362];
wealth, [362], [363];
his great fault, [364-368];
love of literature, [367], [368];
last days, [369-375];
attends Stephens' funeral, [371], [372];
at wife's death-bed, [372], [373];
baptized, [373];
death and burial, [375], [376];
his monument, [376]
Toombs, Major Robert, [2], [3]
Toombs, Mrs., friendship for A. H. Stephens, [62];
aids her husband's escape, [286], [287];
joins her husband in Paris, [309];
returns to America, [310];
character, [356], [357];
accident to, [356];
golden wedding, [356], [357];
death, [372], [373]
Toombs, William, [2]
Toombs oak, the, [12]
Toucey, ——, leader in U. S. Senate, [107]
Towns, Gov., calls State convention, [83]
Tremont Temple, Boston, lecture on slavery in, [129-135]
Trinity River, Toombs' lands on, [152]
Troup, George M., defender of States' Rights, [30], [31];
opposition to Jackson's measures, [31];
attitude on the tariff question, [51];
opposes Toombs in campaign of 1844, [53]
Troup, Capt., on Toombs' staff, [268]
Tugaloo River, [290]
Turncoats, Crawford's ideas of, [91]
Tyler, Pres., Toombs on, [367]
Union College, [13]
Union Democratic-Republican party, [30]
United States Bank, supported by Berrien, [39];
defense of, [48]
United States Constitution, position on slavery, [132]
United States judges, higher pay for, supported by Toombs, [192]
United States Senate, personnel in 1853, [107];
debate on popular sovereignty, [163], [164];
farewell speech in, [205-208]
University of Georgia, [6-12];
annual address at, [331], [332]
University of Virginia, course at, [13]
Utah, acquisition of, [67];
question of organization of Territory, [79]
Van Buren, Pres. Martin, censured by Toombs, [31];
Toombs on, [367]
Vandyke, John, opposes Toombs in House of Representatives, [72]
Vincent, characterization of Toombs, Hill, and Stephens, [184], [185]
Virginia, ——, settlement of the Toombs family in, [2];
supports Calhoun, [29];
Brown's raid into, [169], [170];
secedes, [233]
Waddell, Pres. Moses, [8], [9]
Wade, ——, vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, [115]
Walker, Levi P., Secretary of War of Confederate States, [221];
instructions to Beauregard about Fort Sumter, [224], [225]
Walker, Robert J., governor of Kansas, [160]
Walker, Gen. W. H. T., dispute with Gen. Hill at Chickamauga, [258], [259]
Walthall, Gen. E. C., [277]
War, Toombs' views on, [57]
"War between the States," [75], [98], [185], [371]
Warner, Hiram, opinion of Homestead and Exemption laws, [318]
Warwick River, Toombs' operations on, [244]
Washington, D. C., imperiled after first battle of Manassas, [238];
Army of Northern Virginia advances on, [262]
Washington, Ga., Mrs. Toombs' residence at, [4];
distinguished men around, [16];
speech at, [98], [99];
debate between Toombs and Hill at, [144-152];
Toombs elected commissioner, [192];
the Toombs home at, [360]
Washington County, escape through, [299]
Waterloo, visit to field of, [126]
Webster, Rev. Alexander, [6]
Webster, Daniel, compared with Toombs, [14];
last efforts of, [68];
great Union speech of, [79];
tribute to, [99], [104], [367];
nominated for Presidency, [99];
admiration for, in the South, [100];
Secretary of State, [100];
friendship with Toombs, [101];
death, [102], [107];
Hayne's challenge to, [175];
his loss felt, [201]
Wellborn, Speaker, [39]
Wesleyan Female College, [9]
Western and Atlantic Railroad, [40]
West Indies, effects of emancipation in, [134], [137]
West Point, Toombs' opinion of training at, [246-249];
criticism of officers from, [273];
criticism not sustained, [275]
Wheeler, Gen. Joseph, [301], [303]
Whig party, demand internal improvements, [40];
attitude toward protection, [46];
in campaign of 1844, [51], [55];
position in campaign of 1848, [60];
caucus of 1845, [68-70];
joint action with Democrats in Georgia, [85];
convention at Baltimore, [97];
Southern opposition to Presidential candidate Scott, [98];
nominates Webster for Presidency, [99];
break in, by Southern members, [100];
Toombs' defection from, [105];
rupture over Scott's nomination, [121];
absorption into Republican party, [140]
Wilde, Gen., attempts the capture of Toombs, [286]
Wilkes County, land-grant to Major Robert Toombs in, [2];
partition of lands in, [3];
birth-place of Gen. Toombs, [4];
legal practice in, [15], [16], [22], [23];
factions in, [29], [30];
politics of, [32];
defeat of Whigs in, [37];
assigned to Eighth Congressional District, [44]
Wilkinson County, escape through, [296]
Willington, S. C., speech at, [45]
Wilmot, David, member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56]
Wilmot Proviso, Ohio's position in regard to, [60];
menace to the South, [70], [79];
abandoned, [79], [87];
Webster's attitude on, [99], [100];
how characterized by Toombs, [149]
Wingfield, J. T., [288]
Winthrop, Robert C., member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56];
defeated for Speakership, [69]
Wisconsin, debate on counting Electoral vote, [193], [194]
Wolseley, Gen., on Sherman's invasion of Georgia, [281]
Worth, Fort, meeting with squatters at, [153], [154]
Wright, A. R., deputy to Provisional Congress, [215]
Yancey, William L., member of Twenty-ninth Congress, [56];
leads seceders from Charleston convention, [177];
letter to Slaughter, [177], [178];
speech in Charleston, [178];
commissioner to Europe, [229]
Yorktown, Toombs' operations at, [244], [245]
"Young Alice," [300]
Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings. Obvious typographical errors in punctuation (misplaced quotes and the like) have been fixed. Corrections [in brackets] in the text are noted below:
page 39: typo corrected:
and declared the resolutions adopted. Mr. [Toombe[Toombs] fired up at this unusual decision.
page 122: possible typo:
However, he did run for Congress and [scored[should be scorned?] the secret order on every stump in the district.
page 171: quote added in likely place:
this was no new principle introduced into our Constitution. [">It was inserted in the ordinance of 1787.
page 237: typo corrected:
joined the Army his staff was made up as follows; D. M. [Dubose[DuBose], Adjutant General;
page 260: quote added in likely place:
from Toombs and directed him to join his command. [">As we were preparing for the charge at Manassas
page 268: typo corrected:
He was not very far over when a troop of [calvary[cavalry] rode up.
page 288: typo corrected:
Riding over to a [neigbor's[neighbor's] house, Mr. J. T. Wingfield, he failed to find his friend, but left
page 295: comma added:
"But that looks very much like him through the window[,]" said Lieutenant Irvin.
page 295: typo corrected:
they might indiscreetly comment on his presence or [embarass[embarrass] him even by their willingness
page 299: typo corrected:
Federals believed [Tombs[Toombs] already abroad and had ceased to look for him in Georgia.
page 325: added missing quote:
and property; defeat all the rightful purposes of government, and renounce all remedies, all laws.[">
page 342: typo corrected:
authorizing the legislature to levy a [lax[tax] to furnish good substantial artificial limbs
page 375: added missing quote:
to his home in Augusta, General Toombs bade him good-by. [">I am sorry," said he, "the hour is
On [page 250], a quotation begins with no conclusive end:
"Just before dark," says Dr. Steiner, "Mr. Toombs received orders to charge the enemy,
Inconsistent spelling: Greensboro (page [281])/Greenesboro (pages [9], [283])
Inconsistent spelling: Empress Eugenie ([page 310])/Eugénie ([index])
Inconsistent spelling: Hagerstown (page [265])/Hagarstown (page [262] and [index])