ention, 85;
the Cincinnati Platform, 141;
Hill on, 148

States' Rights party, in campaign of 1844, 51;
nominates Troup for Presidency, 102

States' Rights Whigs, joined by Toombs, 30;
policy of, 31

Steiner, Dr. Henry H., 119, 243;
influence over Toombs, 249;
talks with Toombs on spiritual condition, 372, 373;
attends Toombs at the last, 374, 375

Stephens, Alexander H., his tutor, 6;
as a lawyer, 16;
compared with Toombs, 18, 20, 43;
opinion of Toombs' legal skill, 20;
friendship with Toombs, 43;
position on slavery question, 44;
elected to Congress, 44, 55, 56, 63, 122, 333;
Whig leader, 51;
leads campaign of 1848 in Georgia, 60;
quarrel with Cone, 62;
reported rupture between Pres. Taylor and, 64, 65;
description of Toombs in debate, 75, 76;
position on admission of California, 81;
position on disunion, 82;
sent to conventional Milledgeville, 86;
personality of, 90;
Toombs' description of, 91;
in campaign of 1851, 92;
defeats Lewis, 93;
on the Compromise of 1850, 98;
nominated for Congress by Toombs, 105, 333;
breaks up Know-nothing party in Georgia, 122;
debate with Hill, 144, 145;
on Cincinnati Platform, 165;
opinion on action of Charleston convention, 179;
supports Douglas for Presidency, 183;
Vincent's characterization of, 184, 185;
prominence of, 186;
letter from Lincoln to, 199;
views of secession, 212;
deputy to Provisional Congress, 215;
opinion of Provisional Congress, 216;
Toombs' eulogy of, 216;
opposes Conscription and Impressment Acts, 273;
arrested, 286;
imprisoned at Fortress Monroe, 298;
defeated by Gordon, 333;
becomes Governor of Georgia, 333;
challenges Johnson and Hill, 336;
funeral of, 371, 372;
tribute to Toombs, 375

Stephens, Linton, opinion of Toombs, 26;
opposes Conscript Acts, 273;
introduces peace resolutions, 273;
career, 274;
aids Toombs' escape, 293;
reunion with Toombs, 298, 299;
disputes reconstruction measures, 323;
activity in reconstruction times, 333

Stewart County, Toombs' escape through, 301

Stump-speaking, 145

Subtreasury system, the, 31, 38

Sumner, Charles, leader in U. S. Senate, 107;
opposes Kansas-Nebraska bill, 108, 115;
an "Independent Democrat," 109;
denounced by Toombs, 110;
enmity to Southern propagandism, 129;
Brooks' assault on, 141, 142