use of, 360, 361

Toombs, Ann, 3

Toombs, Augustus, 3

Toombs, Dawson Gabriel, 3

Toombs, Gabriel, Sr., 1-3

Toombs, Gabriel, Jr., 4;
manager of his brother's plantations, 275;
at his brother's bedside, 373;
resemblance to Robert, 373

Toombs, James, 3

Toombs, Louise, death of, 312

Toombs, Gen. Robert, ancestry, 1-4;
birth, 4;
filial affection, 4;
boyhood and education, 4-12;
horsemanship, 4-6;
historical learning, 6;
play upon his name, 6;
generosity, 10, 124, 283, 284, 357;
joins Methodist Church, 11, 373;
trustee of State University, 11;
college legends of, 12;
receives degree, 13;
admitted to the bar, 13;
marriage, 14;
legal career, 13-28;
legal ethics, 18, 19, 23;
oratorical powers, 18, 21, 23-25, 27, 28;
financial ability, 23, 59, 152, 220, 310, 362;
morality, 23, 24;
Reese's opinion of, 24;
justice of, 26, 27;
failing powers, 27;
brilliant plea of, 28;
entrance into politics, 30;
elected to General Assembly, 30;
popularity in Wilkes County, 32;
chairman of Judiciary Committee in General Assembly, 33, 38;
action on Gov. McDonald's relief measures, 34-37;
financial policy, 35-39;
defends Berrien, 39;
support of railroad enterprise, 40;
compared with A. H. Stephens, 43;
friendship of the two, 43;
first participation in national politics, 45;
contentions with McDuffie, 45-51;
charged with being an Abolitionist, 46;
compared to Mirabeau, 46;
delegate to Clay convention of 1844, 46;
opposes acquisition of Texas, 53;
sent to Congress, 55, 56, 63, 93;
position on Oregon question, 57;
leads in campaign of 1848 in Georgia, 60;
reported rupture between Pres. Taylor and, 64, 65;
leads Southern members from Whig caucus, 69;
personal appearance, 72, 74, 89, 90, 130;
domestic character, 82, 353-363;
address to people of Georgia, 83-85;
sent to convention at Milledgeville, 86;
renominated for Congress, 87;
prominence in campaign of 1850, 87, 88;
position on the Union question, 88;
a journalist's description of, 91;
elected U. S. Senator, 94, 158;
charged with fomenting secession, 94;
letters to his wife, 95, 123-125, 158, 239, 242, 277, 278, 310-313,
354, 355, 359, 360;
feeling toward the North, 98;
friendship for Webster, 101;
becomes a Democrat, 105;
independence of, 106;
enters U. S. Sen