Taxation, attitude on Georgia, 54 Taylor, Gen. Dick, on Toombs' energy, 279, 280 Taylor, Zachary, nominated for President, 60; elected, 63; attitude of Cabinet toward the South, 64; reported rupture with Toombs and Stephens, 64, 65; death, 65; opinion on disposition of acquired territory, 67; Toombs' opinion of, 367 Tennessee secedes, 233 Territories, Toombs' position on slavery in, 69, 76-78, 80, 132, 166, 167, 181; protest by Nashville convention in regard to, 85; the Georgia Platform, 86; the slavery question in the, 87; third great sectional fight on the, 107-115; Toombs on Federal power over, 111, 132, 133; the Cincinnati Platform, 141; Hill on rights of, 148; Buchanan's position on question of, 159; Douglas' views on admission of, 160; Southern view of Dred Scott decision as affecting slavery in, 162; Buchanan's resolution in Cincinnati Platform, 165; contest over slavery in, in Charleston contention, 177; demands of the South as to, 206 Texas, Toombs' attitude on annexation of, 53; prominence of question in 1845, 56; Toombs' purchase of lands in, 152, 153; visit to, 153; delegates leave Charleston convention, 177 Texas and New Mexico bill, passed, 80 "The Crime against Kansas," 142 Thomas, Thomas W., as a lawyer, 16; leader of campaign of 1848 in Georgia, 60; on Toombs' characteristics, 272 Thompson, Jacob, member of the Twenty-ninth Congress, 56; leader in U. S. Senate, 107 Tilden, S. J., interview with Gen. Gordon, 321 _Times_ (London), on bombardment of Sumter, 228, 229 Tobacco, Toombs' 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