Carroll of Carrollton and James McHenry entered their dissent."

General Rochambeau visited Annapolis in January and was most hospitably entertained at the public expense. The Assembly voted an address to him which was prepared by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Charles Carroll, barrister, and Edward Lloyd.

The military bill afforded a cause of dispute between the two houses but was finally passed, Charles Carroll of Carrollton dissenting and filing reasons therefor.

The spring of 1783 found the gay city of Annapolis even gayer than usual. In addition to the ordinary matters of interest the Continental Congress met here and great crowds assembled to witness the proceedings of this body which were of especial interest because this year was the year that peace was declared and Annapolis as the national capital took a big part in the universal rejoicing. The great celebration took place on Carroll's green. An ox and many sheep and calves were roasted and eatables of every kind and variety were provided for the multitude. Many French officers who had participated in the war were present as the guests of Charles Carroll of Carrollton.

April 21, was the meeting day for the Maryland Senate but Charles Carroll of Carrollton was the only Senator present. Early in May a quorum was on hand and the first matter for consideration was the Articles of Peace; after which the serious and arduous work of adjusting the new government to the new condition was in order.

Charles Carroll, barrister, died at this time leaving no issue.

The Assembly provided for the accommodation of Congress by furnishing the Stadt house for meetings, with the Governor's house for the President and

thirteen dwelling houses one for the use of the delegation from each of the thirteen States.

During the session, Charles Carroll of Carrollton filed an able and fearless paper against a bill authorizing judges to strike from the list of attorneys the names of men who had been disloyal to the government. The paper was a candid review of the conditions and was considered an able, fearless and incisive challenge of the good purposes of the law.

CHAPTER XXII

RESIGNS AS A SENATOR OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE MAY REMAIN A SENATOR OF MARYLAND-THE INDIAN COMMERCE

The first real trouble in Congress was about providing the machinery for handling our foreign affairs. The Vice-president in his "Tales of a Traveller " showed his opinion of the importance of diplomacy and the influence of diplomats. But when the bill came to the Senate for making provision for these officers there was much opposition to such offices. Mr. Maclay of Pennsylvania did not believe in the necessity for such expenditures. He would have no ambassadors nor ministers. "They would cost a great deal and do no good" he held. The bill was finally referred to a committee composed of Senators Story, Ellsworth, Carroll, Maclay and Few. This committee met the Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson. Maclay says Jefferson had a face with a sunny aspect, but was wanting in dignity. Evidently Mr. Jefferson was in favor of the country being represented in the other countries, for Maclay says "Jefferson had been long enough abroad to catch the tone of European folly." Finally salaries were left to the President to fix.

Then came up again the bill to fix the permanent location of the national capital. There was much excitement and some scheming. The temporary residence of the seat of government caused as much interest as the task of finding a permanent home. The House of Representatives voted for Baltimore as the temporary place. Philadelphia was a strong bidder and many Senators wanted to remain in New York till

the permanent home was selected and ready for occupancy. Mr. Carroll finally favored a bill which provided for a residence of ten years in Philadelphia after which the capital should be on the Potomac as a permanent location.

A postroad bill occupied much of Mr. Carroll's time during the remainder of the session and was evidently a matter of great importance.

The capital residence bill came up and Mr. Carroll furthered it in the Senate and Mr. Madison in the House. The President was in favor of the capital being located on the Potomac. Mr. Maclay spoke of Senators favoring the Potomac as the Carroll crowd. Mr. Maclay says it was the influence of Washington and his crowd that carried the Potomac scheme.

The funding bill and the bill providing that the general government shall assume the debts created by the States in conducting the Revolutionary War were taken up, Mr. Carroll having an active interest and doing much of the work both in the committee and on the floor of the Senate. He was usually with Mr. Hamilton. Party lines were now being drawn pretty closely with the followers of Hamilton on the one side and those of Jefferson on the other. Mr. Carroll as chairman of the committee reported in favor of a plan for the states to loan to the general government a sum not exceeding twenty-two millions of dollars.

Mr. Maclay claimed that the funding bill was the assumption bill and the rest of the financial legislation was wrapped up in the capital votes of the states having big debts that they wanted to unload on the general government. It was a case of if you will vote with us on the capital location we will vote with you on your pet financial measures. Anyway Hamilton's financial scheme and Washington's capital scheme both went through early and by much the same