National Republican., 1873-12-18
THE METROPOLITAN BAyE.

RESIGNATION Of DIR. JOHN b. BLAKE.
Al the meeting yesterday Of the board Of dI.
rec,ors Of the National Metropolitan Bank the
following fetter Of resignation was received from
DIR. John d. Blake, who has 20 seeeptsbiy allied
the responsible position Of prssiden. Of the bank
for several years past:
wAsuixGroS. n, g.. Dee, 10, Isa.
70 ego hs s1S,a sg " Directors Qts N6'iO"at MIRO
HESrLrMES; respectfully tender TO you this
my resignation Of the seat occupy at your board,
70 take elect the 3lst instant. On the orpanHa,
tion Of the bank as a national Institution was
unanimously elected It's president and have viii h
the same unanimity been annual re elected aver
sncc. My own eonsciousncsso Of having faithfully
discharged my duties and the evidences I have
received Of your confidence leave me nothing 10
regret so Tar as my conduct is concerned. ON sev.
eed S TesTn Se tns esns had m
e,,epted the appointment on the Board OF PublIc
Works, and was only prevented from doing 80 BY
the sudden eruption upon US OF tho financial
panic, when, In aeluiescence TO the Views of
friends In whose Judgments have great faith /
aetcrm,ntd TO i1fego my intention until could
carry II hto elect without giving rise TO sur.
misses which might possibly prove Injurious 10 the
Institution. In dissolvlng my on with the
oank may be permitted TO remark that am MOI
one Of those stoical pcrs,ns who could regard il
as mere business transaction; hut Looking at ID
as the interruption of old and intimate nssocIa.
uons' ana the abandonment Of IN occunaton en-.
trely agreeable 10 me, feelings are excited some
what akin TO those VIC suffer when parting ner
haps forever, from long cherished irlends and
scenes ahd enloyments that have ses0nc familiar
and interesting from daily observat trn and habits
MY Interest In the welfare Of the bank will suffer
iis succcss and consequent usefulness TO o,r bpsi
hes: &c community as though were still ussOciatcd
In Iis management.
very respectfully your obcdiont servant,
IoHN b, BLAkr
rue REPLY.
After the reading OF the letter the following
preamble aud resolutions were unanImousIy
adapted by the board:
Whereas enr esteemed friend and colleague.
DR.. John b. Blake. for many years the president
Of this board and OF the bank, has been honoreI
with the appointment 10 u high and responsible
and has therefore resigned the Important trpsi
coniideh to him from year to year by this board
with the approval Of the stockholders Of The
ReioIrsd, That. In accepting thc proifered resIg.
nation, TO take effect on Tic sist Of the pre- sent
month, we are impellcd, N thus severing our
oyerruling considerations which have led 10 II.
and to acknowledge our high appreciation Of tic
oeer has AWAY manifest ed for ihe prusperi oi
the bank, and oi his earnest efforts to promote rs
interests and maintain Its position in popular
community; ard also TO place on record an un.
qualified expression of our confidence In his in.
trsrity, our admiration Of his anable and incsti-
mablo personal qualities as member of this
board and an officer Of the bank, and our sincere
wishes that In the future, rs in the past his
usy st"E SnsiassSr 6y ah SeH T
long rpd ih,hfully served In various postions Of
public trust.
Rssoipsd, That these resolutions be presented
to our worthy president, In rerly to his communi.
cation OF the 10th OF December, and that said
communication and these resolutions be recorded
on the minutes OF the board.
WASHINGTON, u. g., December Il, Is7a
On the second Tuesday Of next month Will be
elected the new board OF dircetort whose duty n
Will be TO choosc the successor OF DIR. blake
They will md II not only impossible to select a
presidenl more worthy Of the trust than The re.
firing oifeer, hut also very diflcult to select n
gentleman who shall prove 70 acceptable to the
euEtomers Of the bank ne Dr. Blake.