Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-10-24
yTacVeiuh TO Egan.
Mr.. NIacVeigh has published the fol
lowing letter:

Mr.. MacNeigh has published the fol
lowing letter:
TO the Hon. PatricL Egaa;
Dear Sir-I am glad to see that You intend
ut last-cven after nine yearS--to reply TO
the attacks upon your character, but am
sorry 10 see that You persist in calling them
nv attacks. AMI this falsehood leads me to
fear that YOU may repeat the other fllschood
that my statement that your appointment
WAS an insult t. Chill was intended Is Il re-
Election upon you because You were born IN
Ireland. Now. ii you will abandon these two
She. and absolute ialschoods, give you the
fullest liberty to abuse me 10 any extent. OF
savanythiug about nc you choose, for what
YOU say of me cannot possibly do re the least
harm. and would really be. TO my mind, 4
kind of culogy of me.
As | furnished in my speech At Cooper
Union the exact dates when Mr. Reid and tho
T, ijine made their very serious and repeated
attacks upon your character. you will. trust,
see how necessary it is for you to treat them
As his attacks, not mine. and to answer him.
and not me And, if you answer him salts
factorily, you need not bother about me; L.
YOU must pardon me for saying never even
heard OF YOU till the Tribune gave me the in
formation, ard have neither the desire nor
reason to think i'll Of you, except what is due
to the TrijuneS denunciation OF you. If you
can convict Mr. Reid and the Tribaac of false
he) IL maxim. them. will accent your JUS
tiiicltion with pleasure. but / MIST continue
to think YOU were rather tardy III So grave
and serious matter.
And. then. do abandon the false prcterse
that my objection to you was because yoa are
an Irishman. You see that pretensc Is child
i,h. As well as false. for am Il good deal of an
Irishman myself, rs well rs Il counsellor
though regret to say. without pay-ot the
Hibernian society of this city. while some Of
the best friends of my life have been Irish
men. Ny objection to you was solely be
cause Mr.. Reid and the Tribune said you were
not an honest man. and | don't like dis
honest man. no matter where he Is born. II
that accusation is not true, then have no OBJ
lection whatever to you
Whatever you may say row you must con-
fess You had justified people in forming very
unfavorable judgment silent, so far as | ever
heard. for nine long years under Mr.. Red
statement in the Tribune, that you were a
"sham patriot and that YOU could give no
satisfactory explanation OF what you had done
with 500 GOO. which had been entrusted ia
your care for the Irish cause. And then, so
far a, know. YOU remained silent for twelve
lopr months. under the additional attacks
upon YOU in tine Tribune saying. that you
we're sure to he recalled, and that "A new
American representative at the Ch!lian Capt.
tai was urgently needed" and far worse. that
Won had once lied ITO avoid arrest an trial on
4 very serious criminal charge
Now. all the Irishmcn know and esteem
and there are many OF them, II SO attacked
world have called Mr. Reid and the Tribune to
prompt and stern account, requiring them
either to prove their charges or to retract
them. but YOU alas did neither On the con-
lrAyv. Won meclly endured all these charges,
and to my amazement. you appeared on Mr.
Reds porch week ago advocating his cleo
lion to the vice presidency, thus, to my mind,
practically confessins the truth of the accusa-
ton against you.
On the next evening therefore felt at per
feet liberty TO call your appointlncntan insult
{. Chill: so you see, Mr.. Egan, it does not at
all matter how poor an opinion You entertain
of me. or what you say about me. The only
questions which can interest the country are
these: We're the accusations of Mr.. Reid, i'll
the Tribune. against you true? If they Were
not true, why did you wait so long before re-
futing them? And why did you divert your
attack from the real author of your troubles
to me, whose only oiienSe is that of believing
what Mr.. Reid, in the Tribune, told me about
Bat I repeat, If abuse of me will relieve
your mind abuse me to your hearts content;
but don't suppose any dust can thus be thrown
in the eyes OF the public If you can give
satisfactory answers to the three questions
have asked, YOU will be completely indicated
but nothing else will he, believe me, of any
real service to you.
WAYNE MAcvEAGH.