A close friend, who used to visit him frequently at his home, declares that Toombs' powers did not wait upon the occasion.
He was not near Brooks at any time, and he was not with Senator Toombs, except perhaps as he passed him on leaving the chamber.
As Webster was the special apostle of the preservation of the union, Toombs was the same of secession.
What two distinguished men besides Toombs were ordered to be captured after the war?
Toombs had already left the Whig party, and was acting with the Democrats.
