... was tempered by a caring, genuine generosity toward his fellow man. His home at Crawfordsville, Georgia, included a room designated as the "Tramp’s Room," in which any wayfaring stranger in need of lodging could take his rest. Not far from Crawfordsville, another Georgia statesman, Robert Toombs, resided in the community of Washington. Toombs, unlike Stephens, was a large, blustery, bullish personality given to hyperboles and sweeping insults when intimidated. Once, on the floor of the General Assembly ...
