ation of McDonald for governor, 86;
a national battle ground, 102;
supports Pierce and King, 102, 103;
uncertainty of politics in, 121;
breaking up of Know-nothing party in, 122;
campaign of 1855, 128;
vote for Buchanan in convention, 141;
campaign of 1856, 143-152;
politics in, 145;
carried by Buchanan, 152;
campaign of 1857, 154;
opposition to Brown's reelection, 166;
indorsement of Toombs' sentiments by, 168;
position on the Fugitive-Slave law, 174;
action of delegates to Charleston convention, 179;
split in Democratic party, 182;
vote in 1860, 184;
prominence in 1860, 186;
call for State convention, 200;
votes for secession, 209;
institution of slavery in, 211;
wealth at time of secession, 213;
agricultural policy during war, 275;
the militia, 276-278;
the March to the Sea, 280;
Gov. Brown's address to people of, 290;
Toombs' acquaintance in, 299;
Toombs' return to, 315;
in reconstruction days, 315-329;
Constitutional convention, and the new constitution, 337-352;
railroad commission formed, 350, 351

Georgia Platform, the, 83, 93, 97

Georgia Railroad, 40

Gettysburg and Malvern Hill compared, 252

Gillet, R. H., vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 115

Gilmer, George R., as a lawyer, 16;
on railroad construction, 41

Glen Spring, Ga., meeting between Hill and Brown at, 155

Golphin claim, the, 65

Gonder, Major, aids Toombs' escape, 294, 295

Gordon, Gen. John B., interview with Tilden, 321;
nominated for governor, 324

Gordonsville, Toombs under arrest at, 259, 260

Grady, Henry W., characterization of J. E. Brown, 156;
at Bush Arbor meeting, 327;
on Toombs' approaching death, 374

"Gray Alice," 5, 268, 288, 292, 297, 300, 301

Great Britain, contention over Oregon question, 56-59;
accused of lack of sympathy with the North, 230

"Great Pacificator," the, 201

Greeley, Horace, nomination opposed by Toombs, 105, 332

Greene County, partition of land in, 3;
legal practice in, 16

Gresham, J. J., 179

Gulf of Mexico, advocates making a _mare clausum_, 196

Habersham County, escape through, 291

Hagarstown, taken possession of by Toombs, 265

Hale, Senator, contest with Toombs in Kansas debate, 117-120

Hallet, B. F., letter from Toombs to, 119

Hamlin, Hannibal, member of Twenty-ninth Congress, 56;
vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 115

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