66, 167, 181;
Clay's resolutions to abolish, in District of Columbia, 79;
protest against admission of California by Nashville convention, 85;
Toombs accused of unsoundness on the question of, 85;
the Georgia Platform, 86;
Toombs' ideas on exclusion of, from California, 91;
the Kansas-Nebraska bill, 108-115;
provisions for, in U. S. Constitution, 114;
question reopened by Kansas-Nebraska bill, 114;
lecture in Boston on, 129-135;
Toombs on the status of the negro, 133-137;
decision of Dred Scott case, 159;
Southern view of Dred Scott decision as affecting Territories, 162;
Douglas' views on, in Territories, 163, 164;
anxiety in the South for protection of, 165;
demand for new plank in platform of Democratic party, 167;
deadlock on, in Charleston convention, 177;
Lincoln's letter to Stephens, 199;
tendency toward extinction, 199;
measures before the House, 202;
the Crittenden Compromise, 202, 203;
demands of the South as to, 206;
institution in Georgia, 211

Slidell, John, member of Twenty-ninth Congress, 56;
leader in U. S. Senate, 107

Smith, Col. Jack, aids Toombs' escape, 295

Smith, Col. Marshal J., aids Toombs' escape, 305

Smith, George W., 242

South, stability of social institutions in, 138;
demands of the, as set forth by Toombs, 205-208;
sacrifices by secession, 213

South Carolina, condemnation of school of politics of, 53;
supports Pierce, 103;
Hayne's challenge to Webster, 175;
secession of, 213

Southern Methodist Church, Toombs' communion with, 373

Southern Rights party, nominates Troup for Presidency, 102

Sparta, Ga., Toombs' escape by, 293, 298

Speeches, i, iv, 18, 20, 21, 23-25, 27, 28, 46-50, 57, 59, 64, 69-78,
85, 88, 89, 91, 92, 98, 99, 103-105, 109-118, 145-152, 165-168,
170-174, 176, 177, 187-193, 205-208, 236, 237, 317, 318, 324-326,
329, 331, 336, 348, 349, 369, 370

Squatter sovereignty, 153;
Douglas' views on, 160, 162;
Toombs' opposition to, 166, 167;
before Charleston convention, 177

Stanton, Edwin M., orders arrests of Confederate leaders, 286

State Railroad of Georgia, supported by Toombs, 192

State Sovereignty convention, 209

States' Rights, doctrine affirmed at Milledgeville, 52;
Toombs' characterization of the Clayton Compromise, 61;
speeches and views on, 69, 70, 76-78, 88, 110-114, 116-119, 133;
claims by Nashville conv