Georgia, land-grant to Major Robert Toombs in, 2; distress in, 34-37; first railroad in, 40; internal improvements, 40; establishment of Supreme Court, 41; organization of Congressional districts, 44; supports Jackson in 1824, 51; Henry Clay in, 55; panegyric on, 58; formation of "Rough and Ready" clubs in, 60; the Clayton Compromise in, 60-62; formation of Constitutional Union party, 81, 183; growth of secession sentiment in, 83, 201, 204; adoption of the "Georgia Platform," 86; nomination of Howell Cobb for governor, 86; nomination of McDonald for governor, 86; a national battle ground, 102; supports Pierce and King, 102, 103; uncertainty of politics in, 121; breaking up of Know-nothing party in, 122; campaign of 1855, 128; vote for Buchanan in convention, 141; campaign of 1856, 143-152; politics in, 145; carried by Buchanan, 152; campaign of 1857, 154; opposition to Brown's reelection, 166; indorsement of Toombs' sentiments by, 168; position on the Fugitive-Slave law, 174; action of delegates to Charleston convention, 179; split in Democratic party, 182; vote in 1860, 184; prominence in 1860, 186; call for State convention, 200; votes for secession, 209; institution of slavery in, 211; wealth at time of secession, 213; agricultural policy during war, 275; the militia, 276-278; the March to the Sea, 280; Gov. Brown's address to people of, 290; Toombs' acquaintance in, 299; Toombs' return to, 315; in reconstruction days, 315-329; Constitutional convention, and the new constitution, 337-352; railroad commission formed, 350, 351 Georgia Platform, the, 83, 93, 97 Georgia Railroad, 40 Gettysburg and Malvern Hill compared, 252 Gillet, R. H., vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 115 Gilmer, George R., as a lawyer, 16; on railroad construction, 41 Glen Spring, Ga., meeting between Hill and Brown at, 155 Golphin claim, the, 65 Gonder, Major, aids Toombs' escape, 294, 295 Gordon, Gen. John B., interview with Tilden, 321; nominated for governor, 324 Gordonsville, Toombs under arrest at, 259, 260 Grady, Henry W., characterization of J. E. Brown, 156; at Bush Arbor meeting, 327; on Toombs' approaching death, 374 "Gray Alice," 5, 268, 288, 292, 297, 300, 301 Great Britain, contention over Oregon question, 56-59; accused of lack of sympathy with the North, 230 "Great Pacificator," the, 201 Greeley, Horace, nomination opposed by Toombs, 105, 332 Greene County, partition of land in, 3; legal practice in, 16 Gresham, J. J., 179 Gulf of Mexico, advocates making a _mare clausum_, 196 Habersham County, escape through, 291 Hagarstown, taken possession of by Toombs, 265 Hale, Senator, contest with Toombs in Kansas debate, 117-120 Hallet, B. F., letter from Toombs to, 119 Hamlin, Hannibal, member of Twenty-ninth Congress, 56; vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 115