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;