Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-11-10
SACRILEGI0US SINNERS,D
Night Made Hideous With Loudly
Wanted Claims of Holiness.
LEWD AND INSULTING LANGUAGE
FROM A NEW-PANGLED CRANK,
l John, l-8: IF we say that We have no
sin we deceive ourselves, and the
. truth is not in u.s."

week the "~holiness" people are run
ming a circus out neal the old grave
yard in this city. We are reliably
Informed that several of the tomb
stones have blushed with shame at
statements which have been made
until they look as if they were CON-
posed of red sandstone instead of
white marble and that Nath Faucet,
who was buried there, after being
hanged for the cold-blooded murder
OF Octave Inflow, actually arose from
his grave and, with hair white from
fear and on end, fed from hell to
parts unknown on account of the
b~lasphemy daily INDUCED in by
these so-called ''~sanctiied'' sinners.
We had been repeatedly requested
| by numerous prominent citizens to
attend n of their meetings, so last
Sunday night we went to hear the
"High Muck-a-muck," Allen, and for
which we shall yer pray for forgive
ness. We found the large tent
blasphemously called a "tabern acle"
packed with the curious, who
simply were present to see what
would be done and hear what might
be said. For fear what we might say
would be misconstrued we had in.
tended not to notice this modern lep-
rosy which is called 'holiness." but
we have been SO repeatedly called
upon we shall take off our~gaovss and
do as every newspaper should-our
duty; but Te ask n favor. and that
Is to be allowed to be brief. We
give it as our opinion that Allen (be
he man, womanN hermaphroditel.
and the majority of his co-workers
are the rankest Of ~hypocrites who
hope, with a sublime display of
cheek, to impose on the ignorant and
make them believe. they are ''pure
and without SIM and that, by touch
ing the hem of their garments, you
may be made sanctifed. We assert
as a fact that Allen is the most foul
mouthed blackguard that we ever
heard speak in public, and we blush
with shame every time We hear him
endeavor to quote from the bible.
We think him more knave than fool,
and more fool than man. His soul
evidently fits in his corporal system
like a mustard seed in an elephants
hide. He abuses the clergy and the
press for stating that it is not posi-
BILE for man to be perfect and with
out sin in this life. He has a right to
freedom of speech the LEDGER has a
right to the freedom of the press.
He uses no arguments to sustain his
claim to purity-simply rants and
cants, and the way he murders the
Kings English clearly shows how
much he knows about what he claims
to be familiar with. We have not
the space to tell our readers just how
the meetings are conducted and just
what they claim to believe. You
must 60 and hear for yourselves.
Be it to the credit OF Mexico and
Audrain that they have but few
followers and they are of the ignor-
ant classes. The most revolving,
vulgar and low-liyed talk we ever
listened to We heard from the lips of
Allen last Sunday night while he held
in his hand the holy bible. No mat
ter on what subject he would start
out he would wind up on adultery,
and dwell on it like a horse-fy On a
fat, short-haired pony. No matter
what text he took he would bring
some comparison with ''harlots'' and
"lewd women" as though he ex-
pected to go to some low bagnio
when he died. We were glad to see
that every well-bred lady in audience
was uneasy and wished she had
stayed at home. Even the men we're
raw-hiding and kicking holes in them
selves for being compelled to listen
to such degrading gush. Among
other things Bro. Cor sister Allen,
whichever he .maybe) took occasion
to state: s'That if the dear ladies
in Mexico knew how all the men
talked about them on the street cor
ners and in the bar-rooms they would
never look a nan in the face again.
etc. This statement comes about
as near being true as any he made.
If true, what relevance could this
statement have to what he was trying
to prove, i. e., the "purity and ho-
illness" of Allen and his sect? No
wonder he was fired out Of the Meth
odist Conference. We brand the
above statement Is q lie-as a lie
la base, malignant lie! What right
has this blackguarding blatherskite
to come into Mexico, a stranger, and
make such a statement about our cit
liens at large? No gentleman in
this city was ever heard to make a
disrespectful remark about any re-
spectacle woman. We know where
of we speak ; we mingle with the bus
mess men of Mexico daily and hour
| ly and have never heard a sighting
remark made of any lady. If Allen
ever heard aught to give him ground
3 for such a statement it speaks badly
t for the society he keeps. We prom
ised to deal briefly with this mattel
and will close by giving 1t as on1