Irish-American Office,
116 Nassau Street
New York, Decr. 5 1855
Jon Robt. Tyler
Chairman of the Committee of the Friends of Ireland
Astor House
Dear Sir
My partner, Mr. N. L. Cole, applied, yesterday afternoon, for admission to your meeting, not for the purpose of taking any part in the proceedings (for neither he nor I suppose that to be a delegate, under such circumstances is the legitimate duty of a journalist), but in order to ascertain the numerd present the State, represented, the names of the Delegates, and the nature

of their credentials. It appears
strange to me that the Con-
vention came to such a
conclusion against a proprietor
of the "Irish-American", which, when
others, on other Presses, were in the
habit of drilling at and reviling
the Irish Course, was the steady
unflinching, and constant advo-
cate of that cause for many years.
When it had no other advocate [among]
its class in this country. I can-
not believe that you, Sir, were a
party to this exclusion; it is not
necessary for me to endorse your
character by declaring that you
are too much of a gentleman and
a patriot and a lover of Ireland
to act in such manner towards
the Irish American, which has
over 100,000 readers among the

Irish population on this Continent,
the British Provinces, and in Ireland,
and a paid circulation of 25,000.
This exclusion reminds me that
the notice of the time and place
of holding the Convention was
intentionally witheld from
the Irish American by the Secre-
tary of the Boston Directory, al-
though that Directory ordered, by
resolution, that such notice
should be sent both to the Citizen
and Irish-American.
I have no desire to make
this a subject matter of pablic
discussion, but I think it neces-
sary for the benefit of the Cause
to show how improper and injurious
it is for any public officer to act
in a narrow, selfish, personal,

one-sided manner, either to
gratify his own bad temper, or
to advance the views of some
favorite.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your very obediant servant,
[...] Lynch
P.S.
Perhaps Mr. Tyler will have
the kindness to send this note
for the Convention in meeting
assembled.