ombs' aid-de-camp, 237

Lamartine, Toombs compared with, 76

Land-jobbing, opposition to, 53

Lane, Jack, reunion with Toombs, 298, 299

Lane, Joseph C., nominated for Vice-presidency, 183

Lanier, Sidney, 284

Lawton, A. R., supported by Toombs, 369

Lecompton constitution, favored by Buchanan, 160;
passes the Senate, 164

Lee, Gen. Robert E., captures John Brown, 169;
successes of, 246;
invades Maryland, 262;
report of Toombs' actions at Antietam, 264

Le Seur, Alexander, aids Toombs' escape, 288, 289

Lewis, D. W., defeated by Stephens, 93

Lexington, Ga., speech in, 92;
debate between Hill and Stephens at, 144, 145

Lincoln, Abraham, views on slavery question, 67;
personal traits, 161, 162;
opposes Douglas, 161, 162;
letter to Stephens, 199;
election of, 199;
Toombs' views of his policy, 200;
war pressure on, 224;
compared with Seward, 225;
relies on Northern unanimity, 226;
proclaims blockade of Southern ports, 229;
disputes with McClellan, 239;
confidence in Toombs, 367

"Little Giant," the, 109, 161

Longstreet, Gen., opinion of Toombs, 106, 241, 271;
quarrel with Toombs, 259, 260;
report of Manassas and Maryland campaign, 269;
compliments Toombs, 269;
Toombs' opinion of, 325

Lookout Mountain, last meeting of Davis and Toombs at, 284, 285

Louisiana, Calhoun's "sugar letter" to, 46;
delegates leave Charleston convention, 177;
secession of, 216

Lumpkin, Joseph H., as a lawyer, 16;
opinion of Toombs' legal skill, 20

Lumpkin, murder case at, 23

Lyons, visit to, 126

Lyons, Lord, British minister at Washington, 230

Macon County, Toombs' escape through, 299

Madison, James, position on internal improvements, 188

Magna Charta, lecture on, 327-329

Magruder, Gen., operations on Warwick River, 244;
command on the peninsula, 245

Mallory, S. B., Secretary of Navy of Confederate States, 221

Mallorysville, Ga., speech at, 46

Malvern Hill, battle of, 1, 252, 253

Manassas, first battle of, 238;
evacuated by Confederates, 239;
Toombs at second battle, 260-262

Manufactures, argument in favor of, 49

March to the Sea, the, 280

Marcy, Secretary, 231

Marietta, speech in, 91

Marque, letters of, 229-232

Marseilles, visit to, 126

Marshall, Chief Justice, 38

Marshall, Humphrey, duel with Henry Clay, 55;
recognizes Toombs at New Orleans, 305