Collins _v._ Central R. R. & Banking Co., case argued by Toombs, 346 Colquitt, Walter T., elected U. S. Senator, 38; Democratic leader, 51 Columbia County, legal practice in, 15 Columbia River, boundary line of, 57 Commerce, Toombs' views on the power to regulate, 189 Committee on Banking, General Assembly, chairman of, 33 Committee on Internal Improvements, General Assembly, member of, 33; chairman of, 40 Committee on State of the Republic, General Assembly, chairman of, 33 Committees, views on legislation through, 196 Compromise bill, the, 52 Compromise of 1850, the, 67-82; indorsed by Whig and Democratic conventions at Baltimore, 97; Gen. Scott's position on, 103 Cone, Francis H., as a lawyer, 16; opposed to Toombs at the bar, 25; quarrel with Stephens, 62 Confederacy, last days of the, 280-284 Confederate commissioners, mission to Washington, 222-224; sent to Europe, 229 Confederate navy, captures by, 232 Confederate States, preparation of Constitution for, 219, 220; appointment of Cabinet, 221; last meeting of Cabinet, 282 Conscription and Impressment Acts, opposition to, 272, 273 Constitutional Union party, 81, 93, 183 Constitutional convention, and the new constitution of Georgia, 337-352 Conventions, Toombs' opinion of, 103, 104, 106 Corporations, attitude toward, 346 Crawford, George W., as a lawyer, 16; resolution in Whig convention of 1848, 60; connection with the Golphin claim, 65; retirement of, 66; presides over State Sovereignty convention, 209 Crawford, Martin J., deputy to Provisional Congress, 215; Confederate commissioner to Washington, 222 Crawford, William H., career, 13, 14, 16; feud with Clarke, 29, 30; heads Whig electoral ticket in Georgia, 1848, 60 Creek War, Toombs' service in, 32; anecdote of sutler, 352 _Creole_, Toombs' escape on the, 303, 304 Crittenden Compromise, the, 202, 203 Cuba, favors purchase of, 195, 196; arrival in, 307 Cumberland Gap, railroad scheme for, 41 Cumming, Major J. B., 259 Cummings Point battery, fires on Fort Sumter, 227 Cushing, Caleb, president of Charleston convention, 175; resigns chairmanship of Baltimore convention, 182; presides over seceders from Baltimore convention, 183 Dallas, George M., attitude on tariff question, 50; Georgia's vote for, 55 Danburg, letter from Toombs to constituents at, 199-201 Davis, Col., quarrel with Henry Clay, 54, 55