William Paca gave to his country the example of a superior mind devoted with pure disinterestedness to the establishment of her liberties.   His state embarrassed him at the outset of his career by opposing any severance of relations with the mother country, and it was not until Carroll of Carrolton had engaged with him that they were enabled to lift his restriction.  In Congress Paca served on a number of important committees and was otherwise instrumental in making himself felt in the cause to which he had given his heart.  He was Chief Justice and Governor of Maryland and left to his country the inheritance of an illustrious name.