it is unclear how the fierce hatred between henry carr and herbert macaulay developed however their disputes are well documented. carr believed that macaulay lacked integrity and was exploiting the house of dosunmu for personal gain. in carr's diaries, he writes of macaulay "among all human monsters with whom we have been brought into contact none has displayed the devilish ingenuity of this man", concluding that macaulay was a "crooked mind and dangerous fool". carr abhorred the political reality that macaulay, who was barred from partaking in politics because of his criminal convictions, was a political kingmaker through macaulay's control of the nndp.