mbs' 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