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,375Stephens, 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,333Stewart County, Toombs' escape through,301Stump-speaking,145Subtreasury system, the,31,38Sumner, 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,141,142Sumter, Fort, Confederate demand for surrender of,222;abandonment favored by Lincoln's Cabinet,223;preparations to provision,224;orders to Beauregard,225;bombardment of,227-229Superstition, Toombs' views on,367Supreme Court of Georgia, practice in,20-22,24,25;establishment of,41Suretyship, opposition to contracts of,41,42Swedenborg, Toombs' fondness for,368Swinton, William, on Lincoln's administration,272Taliaferro County, assigned to Seventh Congressional District,44Taney, Roger B., decision in Dred Scott case,159Tariff, 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 1846,59Taxation, attitude on Georgia,54Taylor, Gen. Dick, on Toombs' energy,279,280Taylor, 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,367Tennessee secedes,233Territories, 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,206Texas, 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,177Texas and New Mexico bill, passed,80"The Crime against Kansas,"142Thomas, Thomas W., as a lawyer,16;leader of campaign of 1848 in Georgia,60;on Toombs' characteristics,272Thompson, Jacob, member of the Twenty-ninth Congress,56;leader in U. S. Senate,107Tilden, S. J., interview with Gen. Gordon,321Times(London), on bombardment of Sumter,228,229Tobacco, Toombs' use of,360,361Toombs, Ann,3Toombs, Augustus,3Toombs, Dawson Gabriel,3Toombs, Gabriel, Sr.,1-3Toombs, Gabriel, Jr.,4;manager of his brother's plantations,275;at his brother's bedside,373;resemblance to Robert,373Toombs, James,3Toombs, Louise, death of,312Toombs, 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,376Toombs, Major Robert,2,3Toombs, 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,372,373Toombs, William,2Toombs oak, the,12Toucey, ——, leader in U. S. Senate,107Towns, Gov., calls State convention,83Tremont Temple, Boston, lecture on slavery in,129-135Trinity River, Toombs' lands on,152Troup, 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 1844,53Troup, Capt., on Toombs' staff,268Tugaloo River,290Turncoats, Crawford's ideas of,91Tyler, Pres., Toombs on,367Union College,13Union Democratic-Republican party,30United States Bank, supported by Berrien,39;defense of,48United States Constitution, position on slavery,132United States judges, higher pay for, supported by Toombs,192United States Senate,personnelin 1853,107;debate on popular sovereignty,163,164;farewell speech in,205-208University of Georgia,6-12;annual address at,331,332University of Virginia, course at,13Utah, acquisition of,67;question of organization of Territory,79Van Buren, Pres. Martin, censured by Toombs,31;Toombs on,367Vandyke, John, opposes Toombs in House of Representatives,72Vincent, characterization of Toombs, Hill, and Stephens,184,185Virginia, ——, settlement of the Toombs family in,2;supports Calhoun,29;Brown's raid into,169,170;secedes,233Waddell, Pres. Moses,8,9Wade, ——, vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill,115Walker, Levi P., Secretary of War of Confederate States,221;instructions to Beauregard about Fort Sumter,224,225Walker, Robert J., governor of Kansas,160Walker, Gen. W. H. T., dispute with Gen. Hill at Chickamauga,258,259Walthall, Gen. E. C.,277War, Toombs' views on,57"War between the States,"75,98,185,371Warner, Hiram, opinion of Homestead and Exemption laws,318Warwick River, Toombs' operations on,244Washington, D. C., imperiled after first battle of Manassas,238;Army of Northern Virginia advances on,262Washington, 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;