The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-23

In the first paragraph of the following
letter Mr.. GEORGE G. RAYMOND Of Brooklyn
urges n valid claim to our consideration:

In the first paragraph OF the following
letter Mr.. GEORGE G. RAYMOND Of Brooklyn
urges II valid claim to our considerations
81 have been reader OF TnK srS for a number "
years aul have always iull, agreed with whatever you
have said about GR,Nr AMI I,vfs and Fraud.
nut think there B., such q thing AS rubbing Tin |
n eoins 10 stcnd two weeks vacation In the country.
AMI cNpcct 60 have Tns srN sent me every day Now.
what want most after a years hard work il rest I
intend 10 have II physically. az any rate. and II Nou
would only drop Gn,Sr AMI u,Yts for the next two
weeks feel that would have mental rest also Land
about twcnt, thousand other rcadcr- sch this
harliu on fraudulent and ihicyinf Presidents
"Tlis h. intended only DE- gentle hint
1t is wise in Mr.. RAYMOND TO go into the
country during this sutry weather, pro-
vidcd he goes TO a cool. healthy place, rs
free as possible from mosquitoes. Mr.. RAY
MoND also shows wisdom in making ar
engagements 10y which he will get TIE Sun
promptly every day during his vacation.
Even if Mr.. RAyMoND had neglected 20
make such arrangements, it il probable that
this paper would continue TO appear just as
usual, morning after morning. But it is
likewise probable that. In the absence of his
accustomed morning reading. and in the ig-
norancc Of what was meanwhile happening
in Brooklyn and the rest Of the world. Mr..
RAYMOND would feel much like duck out
of water. Two weeks Of worry and iidgct
and uncasincss for the want Of news is not
what IS needed to prepare Mr.. RAYMOND
for another years hard work That j. why
we say he is wise in taking The Sun into
the country with him.
Mr.. RAYMOND estimates that twenty thou
sand readers OK The Sun, besides himself.
want sort Of moral vacation for fortnight
OF So. They want To shut their eyes to the
humllating fact that Fraud first triumph
ant in American history still sits in the
highest places. This is n natural. although
rather selfish and not Ovcr-patriOtic desire.
We have no objection To Mr.. RAYMoND's
forgetting for two weeks, II he can, that he
lives under a President. So styled, who was
never elected by the votes ~ the people.
But we beg him to consider that he takes
his vacation late this year Suppose twenty
Thousand readers Of THE Sun are anxious to
forget the national disgrace in order 10 as
sure their own mental tranquility during
this hot month. There are forty times
twenty thousand readers who havo either
taken their moral vacations already and
come back TO their duty az citizens or who
have never for a moment forgotten or dc-
sired t. forget that duty. THE SUS keeps
Oh IuhNulS IL III lnioNgn the cog uaNS h'-
cause II is proud to reckon itself among the
number Of those who never take moral
vacations.
We hope Mr. RAYMOND will have pleas
ant and restful soIourn in the country. We
shall try 20 contribute our share toward his
vacation enjoyment by printing in his copy
OF The SIN n large number Of interesting
and readable things, together with all the
news. We shall, moreover, accord him the
privilege IL selecting from the variety of
matter presented just such topics for pc
ru-al and meditation a. may suit his mood.
But We cannot engage t. drop GRANT and
the Fraud Great A. j. our -oliciudc for
Mr. RNYNoNp's tranquility Of mind. our
s"i-c Of duty Is stronger sim, and We shall
continue to rub it in without looking at the
Thermometer.