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Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage By: Pleasant A. Stovall (1857-1935) |
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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible; please see detailed list of corrections at the end of the text (after the index). ROBERT TOOMBS [Illustration: ROBERT TOOMBS, AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.] ROBERT TOOMBS STATESMAN, SPEAKER, SOLDIER, SAGE HIS CAREER IN CONGRESS AND ON THE HUSTINGS HIS WORK IN THE COURTS HIS RECORD WITH THE ARMY HIS LIFE AT HOME BY PLEASANT A. STOVALL "The blood which mingled at Cowpens and at Eutaw cannot be kept at enmity forever." Toombs. NEW YORK CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY 104 & 106 FOURTH AVENUE Copyright, 1892, BY CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY. All rights reserved. THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS, RAHWAY, N. J. Dedication. TO ROBERT TOOMBS DU BOSE, WHOSE INTEREST AND AID WERE INVALUABLE, AND WITHOUT WHOSE COĆPERATION THE BIOGRAPHY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREPARED, THIS WORK IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. "There are courageous and honest men enough in both sections to fight. There is no question of courage involved. The people of both sections of this Union have illustrated their courage on too many battlefields to be questioned. They have shown their fighting qualities shoulder to shoulder whenever their country has called upon them; but that they may never come in contact with each other in fratricidal war, should be the ardent wish of every true man and honest patriot." Robert Toombs, Speech in U. S. Senate , 1856. 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... Continue reading book >>
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