nominates Brown for governor of Georgia, 154;
split over Territorial question, 166, 167;
demand for new plank in platform, 167;
split among Georgia Democrats, 182;
success in State legislature, 329

Depreciation of currency, 31

District of Columbia, Clay's proposed abolition of slave trade in, 79;
amendment as to slavery in, 202

Disunion, opposition to, 81;
clamor for, 83

Dooly, Judge, 14

"Door sill" speech, the, 170-174

Dougherty, Robert, 9

Douglas, Stephen A., member of Twenty-ninth Congress, 56;
enters U. S. Senate, 68;
leader in U. S. Senate, 107;
introduces Kansas-Nebraska bill, 108, 109;
second bill on Kansas-Nebraska question, 109;
burned in effigy, 115;
Presidential aspirations, 140, 161;
debate with Lincoln, 161, 162;
accused of participation in assault on Sumner, 142, 143;
eulogized by Toombs, 148, 149, 164, 165, 167;
opposes Lecompton constitution, 160;
indorses Dred Scott decision, 160;
reelected to U. S. Senate, 162, 163;
views on popular sovereignty, 163, 164;
resolution for protection of States against invasion, 170-172;
rupture with Toombs, 181;
nominated for Presidency, 182;
vote in Georgia for, 184

Dred Scott case, 159

Droomgoole, George C., member of Twenty-ninth Congress, 56

Du Bose, Dudley M., Toombs' adjutant-general, 237;
forms partnership with Toombs, 316;
sent to Congress, 329

Du Bose, Mrs. Dudley M., death of, 310

Du Bose _v._ Georgia Railroad, case argued by Toombs, 346

Du Quesne, Fort, massacre at, 1

Eberhart case, the, 25, 26

Elbert County, admission to bar in, 13;
legal practice in, 15, 16, 22, 23;
popularity in, 22;
escape through, 288, 289, 292

Elberton, Ga., speech at, 89

Electoral vote, views on counting, 193, 194

Emigrant Aid Societies, 115-118, 159

Enghien, visit to, 309

England, introduction of slavery into Colonies by, 134

English compromise on Lecompton constitution, 164

Eugenie, Empress, Toombs' interviews with, 310

Europe, trip in, 125-128;
hesitation of powers in regard to the Confederacy, 233

Evans, Augusta J., aids Toombs' escape, 302, 303

Evans, Howard, aids Toombs' escape, 302, 303

Everett, Edward, nominated for Vice-presidency, 183

Fanning, Welcome, 6

Felton, W. H., opposition to, 105

"Fifty-four forty, or fight," 57

Fillmore, Millard, nominated for Vice-presidency, 60;