, 125

Republican party, formation of, 140;
growing strength of, 161;
arraigned by Toombs, 172-174, 203;
opposition to, in Georgia, 324

Repudiation, 343, 344

Rhett, R. Barnwell, Democratic leader, 51;
member of Twenty-ninth Congress, 56

Rhine, voyage down the, 126

Richmond, Va., call for convention in, 178;
chosen as capital of Confederacy, 232;
McClellan's march on, 244;
Toombs at defense of, 245, 246

Right to bear arms, views on, 340

River and Harbor bills, views on, 188-191

Roanoke, plantation at, 23, 330

Roman, A. B., Confederate commissioner to Washington, 222

Roman Catholic Church, Toombs' liberality toward, 124

Rome, visit to, 126

Rost, A. P., commissioner to Europe, 229

"Rough and Ready" clubs, 60

Russia supports the North, 233

Sanders, Miss, 3

Savannah, siege of, 279;
arrest of Irvin at, 291

Savannah River, views on clearing, 188;
Toombs' escape by, 288

"Scarlet Letter," the, 178

Schenectady, college course at, 13

Scotland, tour through, 126

Scott, 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, 223

Secession, 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, 209

Seward, 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, 233

Seymour, Horatio, nominated for Presidency, 324

Sharpsburg, battle of, 263-269

Sherman, W. T., March to the Sea, 280

"Siamese Twins," the, 182

Simpson, W. W., reunion with Toombs, 298, 299

Slaughter, James M., letter from Yancey to, 177, 178

Slavery, 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, 1