of Montpellier. Mrs. Madison was enjoying the
quiet Virginia life as much as she had enjoyed
the gay days in Philadelphia, and Madison
himself was as busy as ever, for he had with-
drawn from the Congress of the United States
only to serve his country after another fashion,
in the halls of the Virginia Assembly. He and
his wife never returned to take up their resi-
dence in Philadelphia, for, before Madison was
called again to take part in national affairs, the
seat of government had once more been changed
-- this time permanently -- to the site on the
northern bank of the Potomac agreed upon,
after many arguments and discussions, so hot
and bitter that they threatened the life of the
nation: the new capital, christened WASHING-
TON in honor of the nation's chief.

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