Hamilton resigns--Fenno’s tribute--Bache’s comment--Madison’s--Hamilton given dinner in Philadelphia--In New York--Greenleaf on the banquet--Jay’s negotiations--Hamilton’s indiscretion--Jay’s treaty--Hamilton’s disgust--Jefferson’s--Why Hamilton would not reject--His reservations--Senate debates in secret--Withholds treaty from publication--Hamilton doubts wisdom--Senator Mason--He gives treaty to press--Bache’s comments on the secrecy--Mob at Goldbury’s wharf--Philadelphia mob on the 4th--Jay burned in effigy--Dinner on Frankfort Creek--Protest meeting in State House yard--‘Kick it to hell’--Rival dinners in New York--Letter to ‘Sir John Jay’--Boston mobs--Charleston mob--Rutledge denounces treaty--Mass meeting at Richmond--Portsmouth mass meeting--Dinner to Langdon--In Vermont--In Connecticut--In Rhode Island--In Delaware--Jay burned in effigy in Georgia--Street brawls--Tavern quarrels--Washington’s hesitation--Cabot anxious--Ellsworth disgusted--Randolph scandal--Washington signs treaty--Appeals to Washington to make public plea--Bache attacks him--Hamilton writes ‘Camillus’--Trouble with editor--British outrages continue--Jeffersonians use them--Jefferson asks Madison to reply to Hamilton. XIII. THE DRAMA OF ‘96 289 Senate rejects Rutledge--Jefferson’s comment--Edward Livingston--Portrait of Albert Gallatin--The Livingston Resolution--A constitutional question--The debate--Cobbett’s offensive action--Gallatin’s speech--Sedgwick’s sneer at the people--Resolutions adopted--Hamilton’s concern--His advice to Washington--Fight on appropriations for treaty--Disunion threats--Jefferson and Madison on Washington’s action--‘Still in leading-strings’--Organizing outside sentiment during debate--Insurance companies enter politics--Banks also--Boston mass meeting--Otis’s sneer at Gallatin--Abuse of Gallatin--Intimidation--Federalist alarm--Portrait of Fisher Ames--His physical collapse--The invalid’s slow journey to the capital--Warrior borne on a stretcher--His sensational speech--Hamiltonians’ delight--‘In the hands of Pitt’--The vote--The effect--Jefferson during treaty fight--His health--The Mazzei letter--Presidential election--Patrick Henry sounded by Hamiltonians--They choose Pinckney--Thomas Pinckney--Adams versus Jefferson--Scurrility--Adet’s letter--Hamilton’s scheme against Adams--His dislike of Adams--Adams or secession--The results--Hamiltonian distrust of Jefferson as Vice-President--Jefferson cultivates Adams--The undelivered letter--Jeffersonian press complimentary to Adams--Federalist displeasure. XIV. AN INCONGRUOUS PORTRAIT GALLERY 315 A treacherous Cabinet--Portrait of John Adams--Of Timothy Pickering--Of Oliver Wolcott--Of James McHenry. XV. COMEDY AND HEROICS 339