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;
reelected, 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;