every true man and honest patriot."--_Robert Toombs, Speech
in U. S. Senate_, 1856.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Family, Boyhood, Life at College, 1

II. At the Bar, 13

III. In the Legislature, 29

IV. Elected to Congress, 43

V. In the Lower House, 56

VI. The Compromise of 1850, 67

VII. The Georgia Platform, 83

VIII. The Campaign of 1852, 97

IX. Toombs in the Senate, 107

X. The "Know-nothing" Party, 121

XI. Toombs in Boston, 129

XII. Buchanan's Administration, 140

XIII. "On the Stump" in Georgia, 144

XIV. The Campaign of 1856, 155

XV. John Brown's Raid, 169

XVI. The Charleston Convention, 175

XVII. Toombs as a Legislator, 186

XVIII. Election of Lincoln, 199

XIX. Farewell to the Senate, 205

XX. Toombs and Secession, 209

XXI. Toombs as Premier of the Confederacy, 222

XXII. Brigadier-General in Army of Northern Virginia, 236

XXIII. With the Georgia Militia, 277

XXIV. Toombs as a Fugitive, 286

XXV. Without a Country, 308

XXVI. Commencing Life Anew, 315

XXVII. Days of Reconstruction, 324

XXVIII. His Last Public Service, 337

XXIX. Domestic Life of Toombs, 353

XXX. His Great Fault, 364

XXXI. His Last Days, 369