Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-20
TO MIR WIN. NElIcVEIGH:

Limited. .N hat rational ooJect you nave ~
view L cannotimagine. 4 That~you are prompt
ted byytipersona lwill issvery clear; but why, d-
Erect your attacks against me personally, when
matters ofso much graver Importance to you are
Under consideration with which have to 90
oEcially? w hat matters ito the pubic Wneth-
| er the persona! Issue raised by you be deter
mined in.yourjayor or naioe? The, rea! practl-
cal question il which portion o. the pubic,
| namely, the StnGsholle5s Of the Bank Of tie
Old Dominion, is now under an Investigation,
by an order OF the said stockholders, passed at
the general meeting, held in July last, and re-
fe:red to in your card t is in the following
! words:
'Rcsoloe2, That doubts having been expressed
as to the power OF WIN n. MeVeigh, P1esi-
dent Of the Bank Of the Old Dominion to
posted with the State Treasurer as security for
The issues of the Bank and for the protection OF
the note holder the board Of directors 70 be
elected at this meeting be directed 10 inform
themselves in regard to the effect Of SAID action
and whether Ee should be held responsible for
the same, and take such proceedings as they
may deem necessary for the interest Of the
/ Bank
As your successor in the Office of President of
this Bank, it has been my duty TO aid in that
inyestiga tion-a duty which I shall continue to
perform: as ] trust | will every other duty de-
volycd upon me, vithoutfear, favor or affection.
This may account for your course: butyour OBJ
ject is not rational.
Insignificant, however, as The question raised
by you is to the public yet through respect ior
the opinion of the community in which rave
lived so long, will, once and for all, make
brief statement relative to the matter, lntrodu-
cpd in your card and let you see how Little
co1nmon sense, plain truth and fair dealing
overthrow the work Of malicious wrath.
On the 5th June 1865 at meeting OF the
Board OF Directors Of the said Bank, at which
you were present, and the proceedings Of which
you were prohibited by the 18th article Of the
bylaws from vulging or speaking Of out Of
doors, "a prohibition overlooked by you in the
| c&gerness Of your unamiable purpose, Mr.. CaZ-
enove offered q resolution, the purport o., which
i1e stated sad took down in writing. BE ore
the wiring was t!l!.s5>cd, soyera! Of The Board
| left ana we were without g quorum. as, how
| ever, 10 election was made, the resolution was
entered Oh the minute book as adopted, though
10 formal vote was taken. 1t directed that
statement ahoald be snade showing the amount
Of money that had been paid into the Bank be-
! tween the Goth June, 1861 and the Both June,
| 1860, by whom paid, in what funds, &c, &c,
covering in its provisions your doinss and MS.
| doings, when, with q characteristic spirit OF
| usurpation you, IL Richmond, ignorant ct the
! transac ions O The Bank undertook, as frosi
| dent, TO manage the moneys OF the Bank, over
which you had not the Tigh3Iul control, even
when here covering, Isay, your transactions,
as we'll sc those carried on here in your Absence.
| This, it will be romem bered was done at a
! meeting ofthe Directors Ata general meeting
| Of the Stockholders, held on tie 18Th July fol-
lowing .you; as yon sag, called 1oc the reportso1
facts orderoi by said resolution OF the directors
/ now, have nc lc5olje reooliecllon OF the Cir
cumstances ia detail, Bat as well as DO remon1-
Der, you called tor report, as II to pc 'naae to
that (tllo gtoclhol&ej's s. meeting. I, doubtless,
answered as / ought to. nave done, 5Aat 10 sucn
resolution had been adopted. such, certainly
was the truth-5he Tesolutlon above re1o:Teo to
| having been Submitted aJa!neeting OF the D!rec-
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