Slavery, Gabriel Toombs' treatment of negroes, 3; arraignment of Calhoun for the "sugar letter," 46; Toombs' attitude toward, 46, 47, 48; the Clayton Compromise, 61, 64; Lincoln's views on, 67, 162; Toombs' actions and speeches on slavery in Territories, 69, 76-81, 164, 166, 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 convention, 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