The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-07-27
From THR PREss. |
President ia1 Holidays

The upcallod.ior rIdicule and criti
cisns Of President Grant, because ho
secs fit TO spend the hot mouths away
from Washington, have made The au-
tbors Of them ridiculous, and have
osteusibly failed In their object, which
was to make political capital against
him in the minds Of certain classes,
who are supposed to be influenced By
the journals ia question. Bat the hue
and cry has boeu rs great as th ongh
the Government was in imminent dan
ger Of eternal overthrow should he
leave for = day. IL would be sup
posed from the clamor that Presden.
tial vacation wa, uuheard Of until in-
troduced by Grant but in truth it ia
only revival Of the custom Of the
early Presidents. Washington spsut
most Of the summers ut Mount Yer.
non, going up TO the capital only
rarely. Jefferson confined himself
more closely to the capital But Madi-
son took long holidays. lie took bis
seat in 1909 That year he was alb
sent from the l7th of July to the lst
Of October, returning but once during
that tino. The next year he was ab:
sent from July 9th to October T. 10
the third year Of bis administration
his vacation lasted from July rs to
October 3. Ia tho fourth year, 1872,
the trouble with Eugland required hiu
to be at his post, so that be got but
two weeks furlough bu, 10 the fol.
lowing year, the first OF his second
term Of office, he was absent eleven
weeks. In lsli his vacation was
short. In the last year Of his aiiAiars.
tratiOn, 1916, his vacation extended
from June 5 to October Q.
Monroe took his seat 10 l3l7.-
Having determined on a tour through
the North be started in private COO
veyance on the 3ls, of May lie pro.
ceeded through Philadelphia, Tren ton,
New York, New Haven, Hartford.
Providence, Boston, aud intermediate
places, to Portland, Name. thence 10.
to New Hampshire aud Vermont, st.
terwari visiting Osden,burs, BifaI To-
and Detroit, aud returning toward
Washington through Ohio ani Penn
sylvauia. Ths Ohio toms which well
comst him were Lancaster. De- aware,
Columbus, Crelcvills, Gu illicoths,
zanssville, aud Canuonsburg He
reached Washington on the l7.h Of
Ssptemb ber, having been sbscu, about
three and o bali months After
weeks attsution 10 once he lsii for bi.
country seat, whe re be remained =
month, making bis sbsenee foar and
a half months in all The mex, year
be was absent something over three
months, aud the .ollo~ing year took
81 extended tour through the SoGIb
and West, starting the l't Of April
and returning on the 9th Of August,
snd in the olowing years Of bis &C.
eapacy o, the Pros idsutisl chair il was
his custom to be absent from ,hroe 10
four months Subsequent Presidents
kept up the custom, although, AFTER
the the iutroductien Of party place
hunting by Jackson, they had much
less time for recreation shas before
The sxAc,ing duties Of the war kept
the great Lincolu closely 70 bis post.
Had he lived through his second
term he nigh, slso have found time
for summer rest.
These statements shlv how utterly
absurd sni uucsllei Tor Is the elamor
against Grant, aud the eou;supable
spirit Of msiupess that watches his
every motion aud prizes into all bis pri-
vats siairs for the pGrp3sss Of making
them the subject OF 70 mark sni ridi-
cule, with tho hope that thereby some
i,t,ls political capital may be made
; Such q spiri, is a Disgrace to Ansri-
can Journalism aud American pol's.es
Ii is base bsyont description.