so 



leaving the room whenever any objectionable toast 

 should succeed it. My suggestion I found could 

 not be acted upon by the Chairman, who was either 

 unable or unwilling to disturb in any way the order 

 of the standard toasts. He then rose and proposed 

 " The Repeal of the Union, the Queen, Lords and 

 Commons of Ireland," and on the instant it was 

 proposed I left the room, under a conviction that 

 the Society I had so often had the honor to repre- 

 sent would sanction and sustain me in so doing. 

 Respectfully yours, 



Joseph Fowler, 

 President of the St. George's Society 

 of New York. 



The resolutions adopted at the next meeting of 

 the Society read thus : 



RESOLUTIONS. 



" Whereas, at a meeting of the Friendly Sons of 

 St. Patrick, convened especially for the declara- 

 tion of the principles of that Society, sundry res- 

 olutions were passed vindicating the conduct of 

 their President and the course of their proceed- 

 ings at the late anniversary festival, and the same 

 having been published in the newspapers, are 

 thereby communicated to this Society, — 



" It is Resolved — 



" I St. — That the St. George's Society deem the 



