Show ROBERT TOOMBS I 1 the uncompromising confederate alone in the world I 1 it koberl be rt was is born at wash hit anglon too ga where lie ll Is now nov parsing anway n IT ny his father died when lie was w is yet A young boy bay leaving him in good circumstances ilij his colle collegiate aiato iato training begun at the llie ua diversity iver sity of georgia georg aai was completed tit nt Sc hellec tally ne new w york where bebas lie was c grad mr id in 1828 wacl V beai 19 henr bours 5 old he be attended a in law w course at the llie university of virginia nna in 1830 was iras admitted to tile the bar by a special act acl of his native state eState about a 3 car C fir before lio lie attained his majority ile he opened an office in his count 3 in 1836 be took look part I 1 as ft A captain in a campaign agail against is I 1 the th c creek lud indians lins headed by general scott and conducted in alabama in which lie served with distinction soon after his hia return lomp lome lie he was elected to tile the georgia legislature Legisla in which lie continued con ti aued from 1837 to 1810 lie ile was reelected re rc elected and took au an active part in ill its proceedings during 1812 18 la and 1813 1843 tho the ailt next y year car otter after 7 this he be was elected to the drilled stales soles congress lie sap ported harrison fo for artile alo presidency in 1810 1840 nil and 11 henry clay in mr air toombs was n member of the house of representatives it at washington 11 from froin li ills first election to 1853 9 when lie he took his seat scat in ili tile united states S senate in ili 1859 lie io was reelected to this body batty and ant i retired when when georgia a seceded f from r ow the h iel union ilis his name was among tile the leaders of the secessionist after I 1 h haling h wed acted as 1 a I delegate tein in the confederate congress held at montgomery lie became secretary y of state in the cabinet ot of jeffers jefferson D davis avis but soon retired athlon from this p position 0 to asiline asi iino linc a military command with tile tank ra ilk of brigadier general when general c sh aberman erman bi georgin georgia toombs who had resigned liis his position in tile confederate army served its as general of the state militia the failure of the southern cause led to ISs Hs lcm acm leaving ing the clou to which he lid not lot return until 7 having lived ivd meanwhile in cuba france and england upon reaching home lie resumed the ion practice of law by which lie be atil amassed assed large wealth ile he never asked i for tile the of his disabilities and it I 1 olid in being an irdon ed unrepentant r epen tant rebel ahe office held by him since the war ivar was nias as a member of the georgia constitutional Constitution i 1 convention As act the state declined to pay tile the c benses of the convention beyond the amount appropriated general advanced I 1 the be surn sini needed andar and misted listed to the next lea legislature ish turc to reimburse him S so 0 icat aud anti energetic c was toombs lit in the secession cause thit there was talk it at the time jefferson dai daus is was elected president of the confederacy of putting pulling I 1 him lit in the place but it davis had d tin tile most votes voles was vas the relations of thel the two men were fur from being friendly when danis dm is wrote liia his book about the war lie wanted u u Too robs photograph to put in ili it aud and wrote him to to 0 this effect toombs refused to send it ind and afterwards said lie lid not want liis his P picture i le to I 1 go 0 dwyn to posterity in guch company toombs said davis adavis anol I 1 never bad tin any quarrel I 1 have noth nothing I 1 it against 0 aitu except excel t his alli follies I 1 it t w would 0 uld have been it ii groat great deal better for him slid and the south if his hi history had never been written and the bulk bulb 0 of f the people south puy pity davis ratler thin than admire him his chief trouble was aud anti is that lie has ha ili an exalted idea of liis his own importance lie ile lias hns sonic soine ability but no tier ve lias has not the sh slightest latest capacity for hnatin managing ing men opinion of ril leo was not nt lot all alla a haltering one while in ill tile army lie lic was n brave soldier but was almost constantly in conflict t fl III ith his superior officers ile ho nas as emili emiliene ent us is a labyer anil nd for superior attainments in ili c gentril genc gen erril ril culture cul tuie few men have equal equalled led him ns as a t his marked becu peculiarities I 1 iari ties of disposition notably his I 1 great rent pride and the th of his convictions were associated d with a vast funi fund of information a rich cogmond of lan language P biage and lid nil an ml dessive both tit in I 1 nud iud aumic pull tiie lito life llo hert lina has been a striking and figure during tile lie last few years of liis his life mr toombs lias has licen Ilen nearly fl blind and sadly alone in ili tie world his wife fife anti and children being lead dead A J short time too igo lie was receive Q into inlo tile me miler miep of the methodist ileth odist episcopal Chil church rell south tile 1 denomination I enola for which lie seeing sn ins to hac banc entertained a arefe preference rence for many ili tn jcarl cars I 1 lievore lie fore lie ile ilis his had happily liap hap pili more thin ihan 1 a I sufficiency of molly to jill comfort liis is cs latu dicing it at least a quarter of 1 a I million dollars doll irs |