Robert Toombs: Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, SageStovall, Pleasant A.
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Robert Toombs: Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage
Stovall, Pleasant A.
Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885
Toombs, Mrs., friendship for A. H. Stephens, 62;
aids her husband's escape, 286, 287;
joins her husband in Paris, 309;
returns to America, 310;
character, 356, 357;
accident to, 356;
golden wedding, 356, 357;
death, 372, 373
Toombs, William, 2
Toombs oak, the, 12
Toucey, ----, leader in U. S. Senate, 107
Towns, Gov., calls State convention, 83
Tremont Temple, Boston, lecture on slavery in, 129-135
Trinity River, Toombs' lands on, 152
Troup, George M., defender of States' Rights, 30, 31;
opposition to Jackson's measures, 31;
attitude on the tariff question, 51;
opposes Toombs in campaign of 1844, 53
Troup, Capt., on Toombs' staff, 268
Tugaloo River, 290
Turncoats, Crawford's ideas of, 91
Tyler, Pres., Toombs on, 367
Union College, 13
Union Democratic-Republican party, 30
United States Bank, supported by Berrien, 39;
defense of, 48
United States Constitution, position on slavery, 132
United States judges, higher pay for, supported by Toombs, 192
United States Senate, _personnel_ in 1853, 107;
debate on popular sovereignty, 163, 164;
farewell speech in, 205-208
University of Georgia, 6-12;
annual address at, 331, 332
University of Virginia, course at, 13
Utah, acquisition of, 67;
question of organization of Territory, 79
Van Buren, Pres. Martin, censured by Toombs, 31;
Toombs on, 367
Vandyke, John, opposes Toombs in House of Representatives, 72
Vincent, characterization of Toombs, Hill, and Stephens, 184, 185
Virginia, ----, settlement of the Toombs family in, 2;
supports Calhoun, 29;
Brown's raid into, 169, 170;
secedes, 233
Waddell, Pres. Moses, 8, 9
Wade, ----, vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 115
Walker, Levi P., Secretary of War of Confederate States, 221;
instructions to Beauregard about Fort Sumter, 224, 225
Walker, Robert J., governor of Kansas, 160
Walker, Gen. W. H. T., dispute with Gen. Hill at Chickamauga, 258, 259
Walthall, Gen. E. C., 277
War, Toombs' views on, 57
"War between the States," 75, 98, 185, 371
Warner, Hiram, opinion of Homestead and Exemption laws, 318
Warwick River, Toombs' operations on, 244
Washington, D. C., imperiled after first battle of Manassas, 238;
Army of Northern Virginia advances on, 262
Washington, Ga., Mrs. Toombs' residence at, 4;
distinguished men around, 16;
speech at, 98, 99;
debate between Toombs and Hill at, 144-152;
Toombs elected commissioner, 192;
the Toombs home at, 360
Washington County, escape through, 299
Waterloo, visit to field of, 126
Webster, Rev. Alexander, 6
Webster, Daniel, compared with Toombs, 14;
last efforts of, 68;
great Union speech of, 79;
tribute to, 99, 104, 367;
nominated for Presidency, 99;
admiration for, in the South, 100;
Secretary of State, 100;
friendship with Toombs, 101;
death, 102, 107;
Hayne's challenge to, 175;
his loss felt, 201
Wellborn, Speaker, 39
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