It is one of the mottoes of THE SUN never to publish anything that would
cause a blush to mantle the cheek of innocence, or anybody. And yet,
occasionally, a person finds fault. Not long since a man said he liked THE
SUN well enough, only it had too much to say about patched breeches, which
was offensive to some. Well, some people are so confounded high toned that
if they were going to have a patch put on they would have it way up on the
small of their back. Some of the best women in the world have sat up
nights to sew a patch on their husband's pants. Martha Washington used to
do it. But, G. Lordy, a family newspaper must not speak of a patch. When
you take patches away from the people you strike a blow at their
liberties. Don't be too nice.