" The expressive motto on the seal of the Society 

 was of his selection — 

 ' Let Mercy be our Boast and Shame our only Fear.' 



" The present members of the St. George's So- 

 ciety, united as all preceding them have been, in 

 the bonds of charity and good will, feel grateful for 

 the aid their cause has received from their own 

 countrymen and from so many distinguished citi- 

 zens of the State. Their institution rears its 

 structure upon the basis of benevolence and love of 

 country, and ought to be supported by every native 

 of character who lands upon the American shore. 

 It is their determination to dispense what good may 

 be in their power, and although most of them may 

 have made their homes in this, their adopted country, 

 they cannot cease to venerate that of their fore- 

 fathers, or rejoice in holding up the virtuous char- 

 acters to whom it has. given birth, as examples for 

 emulation." 



By a reference to the Book of Minutes containing 

 the earliest proceedings of the Society, now in our 

 possession, commencing April i6th, 1823, it would 

 appear that the original Constitution was lost, prob- 

 ably at the same time and under the same circum- 

 stances as the first Book of Minutes disappeared, 

 and at a meeting held at the time a resolution was 

 adopted authorizing the Secretary to advertise for it 

 in the Evening Post and the New York Gazette. 

 Whether this effort to regain it was successful or 



