marches up the peninsula,244McDaniel, H. D., frames railroad law,351McDonald, 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,158McDowell, Gen., succeeded by McClellan,238McDuffie, George, as a lawyer,16;Toombs' contentions with,45-51;Democratic leader,51McKennon, ——, resignation from Interior Department,101McMillan, Robert, as a lawyer,16;defeated by Toombs,93Mediterranean, visit to,126Memminger, C. G., as a lawyer,21;Secretary of Treasury of Confederate States,221Merriweather, ——, Whig leader,51Mexican war, fruits of,60Mexico, 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,233Might against right,112Milledge, Gov. John,7Milledgeville, 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 1861,209Miller, Andrew J.,16Mirabeau, Toombs compared with,46,70Mississippi, position in secession question,97;delegates leave Charleston convention,177;secession of,213Mississippi River, views on appropriations for,189-191Missouri, sends settlers to Kansas,115,159;representation at Baltimore convention,182;partial secession measures of,233;government control of railroads in,346Missouri Compromise, refusal to extend the line of,67;Sumner's claims for,108;denounced by Toombs,114;Fillmore on the repeal of,115Mobile, Ala., escape through,301-303Monopolies, hatred for,26,348,349Monroe, Fortress, McClellan's arrival at,244;Stephens imprisoned at,298Monroe, James, position on internal improvements,188Montgomery, Ala., Provisional Congress at,216Morris Island fires on Sumter,227Morton, Oliver P.,314Moses, R. J., Toombs' commissary general,237;account of dispute between Toombs and Gen. Hill,256,257Moultrie, Fort, fires on Fort Sumter,227Mount Pleasant battery fires on Fort Sumter,227Munson's Hill, Toombs' position at,238Naples, visit to,126Nashville, convention at,85National debt, views on,197National Democratic party, defeated,327;nominates Greeley for Presidency,332Neahmatha, insurrection of,32Negroes, 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,341New Mexico, bill to organize,65;acquisition of,67;question of organizing Territory,79,80New Orleans, fall of,245;escape through,304,305Newspaper criticisms and misrepresentations,365,366New World, return to America on the,313New York City, speech for Taylor in 1848,64New York State, power of Abolitionists in,109New York Express, on Boston lecture,131,132Nicholls, Col. John C., messenger from Toombs to Brown,335Nisbet, Eugenius A., offers secession resolution,209;deputy to Provisional Congress,215Norfolk, loss of,245North Carolina, supports Jackson,29;secedes,233Northern Circuit of Georgia, the bar of,16"Notes on the Situation,"185,326Nullification,51,52O'Brien, Rev. J. M.,362Ocmulgee River, watched for Toombs,298;escape across,299Oconee River,7,296Oglethorpe, Ga., escape through,299Oglethorpe County, legal practice in,15,16,25Ohio, position in regard to the Wilmot Proviso,60;power of Abolitionists in,109;government control of railroads in,346Olin, Stephen,9Omnibus bill (Clay's),80Omnibus bill (State aid to railroads), opposed by Toombs,191Ordinance of Secession,209,214Oregon supports the South in Charleston convention,177Oregon question, prominence in 1845,56-59Outlawry, Toombs' glory in,23Paine, Tom., Toombs' liking for,368Panic of 1837,16,31,41Paris, visit to,126;flight to,308Payne, Henry B., member of Charleston convention,176Peace congress,234Peace resolutions,273Peach Tree Creek, in battle at,276Pennsylvania, government control of railroads,346Pension grabs, views on,192,193,197Peter's Colony Grant,152Phillips, Wendell, oratory of,129Pickens, Gov., Democratic leader,51;notified in regard to Fort Sumter,224Pierce, Bishop Geo. F.,10,11,376Pierce, Pres. Franklin, Toombs' estimate of,367;message on state of Kansas,115,116;vetoes Mississippi River bill,191Polk, 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,191Pope, Sarah,3Pope, ——, death of, and generosity of Toombs to his family,359,360Pope, Gen., driven from Virginia,262Popular sovereignty, Douglas' doctrine of,162-164Postal service, views on,197Pottle, Judge E. H.,25,26"Pour it back in the jug,"352Prather, Col., shelters Toombs,290Prentiss, Sergeant S., vanquished in debate by Davis,163Presidential vote, Toombs' views on counting,193Principles of Magna Charta, lecture,327-329Privateers,229-232Produce Loan, the,236Prohibitionists, Toombs' opinion of,374Protection, defense of,48-50;in campaign of 1844,51Provisional Congress of seceded States,214-218Pulaski, Fort, seized by Gov. Brown,214Railroad Commission of Georgia,350,351;Toombs' appearance before,362Railroad corporations, Toombs' attitude toward,342,345-351Randall, S. J., proposes General Amnesty Act,313Randolph, John, duel with Henry Clay,55Rapidan River, Confederate retirement along,239;Toombs' brigade at the,259Rappahannock River, Confederates retire behind,239Reagan, J. H., Postmaster General of Confederate States,221;recognizes Toombs' merits,270;last attendance at Confederate Cabinet,282Reconstruction Acts, views on,325,326Reese, Judge William M., on the practice of law,15;description of Toombs by,24;opinion of Toombs' speeches,329,330;frames railroad law,351Religion, liberality in matters of,124,125Republican party, formation of,140;growing strength of,161;arraigned by Toombs,172-174,203;opposition to, in Georgia,324Repudiation,343,344Rhett, R. Barnwell, Democratic leader,51;member of Twenty-ninth Congress,56Rhine, voyage down the,126Richmond, Va., call for convention in,178;chosen as capital of Confederacy,232;McClellan's march on,244;Toombs at defense of,245,246Right to bear arms, views on,340River and Harbor bills, views on,188-191Roanoke, plantation at,23,330Roman, A. B., Confederate commissioner to Washington,222Roman Catholic Church, Toombs' liberality toward,124Rome, visit to,126Rost, A. P., commissioner to Europe,229"Rough and Ready" clubs,60Russia supports the North,233Sanders, Miss,3Savannah, siege of,279;arrest of Irvin at,291Savannah River, views on clearing,188;Toombs' escape by,288"Scarlet Letter," the,178Schenectady, college course at,13Scotland, tour through,126Scott, 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,223Secession, 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,209Seward, 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,233Seymour, Horatio, nominated for Presidency,324Sharpsburg, battle of,263-269Sherman, W. T., March to the Sea,280"Siamese Twins," the,182Simpson, W. W., reunion with Toombs,298,299Slaughter, James M., letter from Yancey to,177,178Slavery, 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,211Slidell, John, member of Twenty-ninth Congress,56;leader in U. S. Senate,107Smith, Col. Jack, aids Toombs' escape,295Smith, Col. Marshal J., aids Toombs' escape,305Smith, George W.,242South, stability of social institutions in,138;demands of the, as set forth by Toombs,205-208;sacrifices by secession,213South Carolina, condemnation of school of politics of,53;supports Pierce,103;Hayne's challenge to Webster,175;secession of,213Southern Methodist Church, Toombs' communion with,373Southern Rights party, nominates Troup for Presidency,102Sparta, Ga., Toombs' escape by,293,298Speeches,i,iv,18,20,21,23-25,27,28,46-50,57,59,64,69-78,85,88,89,91,92,98,99,103-105,109-118,145-152,165-168,170-174,176,177,187-193,205-208,236,237,317,318,324-326,329,331,336,348,349,369,370Squatter sovereignty,153;Douglas' views on,160,162;Toombs' opposition to,166,167;before Charleston convention,177Stanton, Edwin M., orders arrests of Confederate leaders,286State Railroad of Georgia, supported by Toombs,192State Sovereignty convention,209States' 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,148States' Rights party, in campaign of 1844,51;nominates Troup for Presidency,102States' Rights Whigs, joined by Toombs,30;policy of,31Steiner, Dr. Henry H.,119,243;influence over Toombs,249;talks with Toombs on spiritual condition,372,373;attends Toombs at the last,374,375Stephens, 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;