Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-07
A Card from s.. g.. Neale.

| desire to apologize tn my tellOWcltlZenS OF
the city and county Of Alexandria, for in
truding upon / heir notice. In justice, how
ever, to my friends. who 50 earnestly sup
rorted my claims in the County Convention,
aud whom | now lake the opportunity OF
very gratefully thanking, | will answer a
card signed NJ. Uulary BAIL and published in
Yesterdays Gazette. | must confess that l
was rather surprised to see his card: Tor no
longer than on the I'D Of last June the SAID
COL VI. pulany BALL declared THAT he would
never invoke the columns Of that paper no
matter how strong the cacoactheS OF talking or
writing mig ht rage in his bosom, to dissent
nate his scIutil!at;ous ButIto answer the
charges preferred in his card. They are,
/. That tickets were made up in the wards
in the interests of individuals irrespective OF
the General wish" So far from this being
true had declined IN qood faith on Thursday
the DIST of September to become 4 candidate
for the nomination, and it was not until the
following Thursday the 2Gth inst. that tho
ward meetings were held. In some OF the
wards the delegates we're appointed ny the
Superintendent Of the ward in others they
were elected, but in no ward in the city hod
either hhr presiding officer. Mc rot''s or the
tlelegateS seiectcd the least idea that would be
Il candidate before the Convention. For the
truth of this asscrtIo On | refer to any OF the
gentlemen who took part lii these meetings,
and particularly to Mr.. Richard l.. Carne, Il
supporter OF mine until informed him was
not Il candidate, and who afterwards advocated
the nomination OF VI Hell.
=! "Ihat remote township meeting was
cnjoiel into the passage Ola resolution toreshad,
owing the combination settled on. | and all
who know the people OF Washington township,
have too high IN OPT MON of their good sense to
believe that they could be cajoled into ythng
call upon any Conservative voter in tina town
ship to say whether there was ever an at tempt
made at cajoling, or at combination, and
whether | did not in speech made at their
meeting, state that did not desire the MOI ulna-
ton, and also il they did not, without any n7tu-
ence being brought To bear on them, OF their own
tret. wlinsruct their delegates to vote Tor me :
3; That townships ca sting 80 votes were by
the same manipulation given power ia the
Convention equal to that OF 4 ward casting
400 1t was always my opinion, and so ex'
pressed TO my friends that the vote in the Con-
ycntion should have been based upon the last
GubcruatOrial election ~ WIS the case in the
Senatorial Convention Of The proceeding day, but
being unable to obtain 4 record Of the votes
cast BIZ the various townships at that election / t
was decided b. some OF my friends to take as
the basis the vote cast at the last Congressional
election. Il record of which couhl be obtained
II this mode Of voting had been adopted by
the Convention, would have been nominated
by much larger majority. Ipas h.e cIloice Of
tie city md not u Mr cD,mty us COL Ball would
make us believe. Ofthe ~ city delegates pres
ent ut the Convention, received the rotts Of
II, Nlr kell Of =. Two gentlemen did not
vote for Mr. WunIer. but voted for Mr.. kcll
and myself, thinking that the city should have
the Two delegates OF the - county delegates
present, Mr.. kcli received tie votes Of . 1eio.
gates and If Il. thus. plainly showing that
Mr. kell was the iavoritc of the county casting
l33 Conservative votes and [ Of the city casting
some 1912 Conservative votes. And SO ends his
charges, the two first Iuorc easily disprovcd than
the last.
1t comes with very poor grace from COL VI.
Dulany Ball, to desire harmony. II he thought
the claims OF Mr.. kcl SO superior to my own,
why did he not give his reasons for thinking
SO before the nonluutio,t arus DldtL. when they
might have been of benefit to Mr.. Ke? Why
did he wait until | was nominated and then