Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-07-06
a Terrific Indictment.

their i'll behaved neighbors.
A Terrible Indictment.
Surely Beriah has drawn a terrific
indictment Of these righteous mobbers
mp in Maine. Being only q wild and
woolly westerner, a silver lunatic, q
free trade fanatic, therefore clear out
side the pale of New England sanctity.
I would not dare to pen such words
but, as Mark Hanna has not yet mug
zled the ~press-not yet, not yeti
make bold to quote the above caustic
paragraph from Brer Wilkins. So, Fan
effort was made to set them afre, but
the lucifers did not work welli'" God
be praisedl If the lucifers had worked
as expected, we would have witnessed
in the blazing light Of the closing days
Of the nineteenth century two men
burned in Maine because they "take
st. Peter literally" and because they
were accused of inducing their follow
ers to ''give mp all for humanity"
Why, bless my soul. that's precisely
what Jesus Of Nazareth enjoined upon
his followers to do when be walked the
plains Of Palestine. If he had not been
crucified then and had happened in
Maine in this leafy month Of June and
had gone about doing good. as was his
wont, and inducing people to give mp
all for humanity, he would have beer
burned al the stake. provided the luci
fers had worked well. Brother Wilkins
must be the most eanguine Of mortals,
for In the editorial from which l have
quoted he says, I'VE may be permitted
to hope that it--that is. this mobbing
of evaugelists-wiIl temper the judg-
ment Of the good people of New Eng
land toward other communities We
all f~ervently hope the same thing. But
in this matter seeing Is believing, and
/ shall remain a doubting Thomas I'M
Ill | see some sign compelling belief.
And to think that this incredible hor-
Tor occurred in the congressional dis
trict represented for so many years BY |
Hon. Charles Addison Boutelle, who
considers all men knaves and fools ex-
cept himself I'm dazed, ratified, nerv-
ously Frustrated, dattened out to think
of ii. Pom honor, it's the first time l
ever entered into the spirit of Mullen
lugubrious song, II would not
live always, / ask not 10 stay" Hither.
to l have had a decided hankering for
life here below, but since Charles Adj.
son BouteIle has let slip his hold on the
worlds tail we're doomed to ineffable
misery and despair.
The proud motto of Maine is, s'Diri-
90" Il direct)i Let us pray that abe
will not direct Us to mob all our evan
priests and preachers.
Out west and down south our hery
young men sometimes mob a brute in
human form for rape, arson, robbery or
murder, but l undertake 10 say that
there Is not a community anywhere
south Of the Potomac or west Of the
.lleghanies where any preacher Of any
phase Of the gospel Of the Prince OF
Peace would be mobbed for proclaiming
ais plan Of salvation. Men Of the south
md west do sometimes take the law
INTO their hands TO protect the sanctity
II female virtue and human life, but
hey protect the ministers Of Christ
'ather than mob them.
These pious and polished New Eng
anders who, for 10. these many years
rave been standing on the street cor.
rolling their eyes heavenward,
banking God they are not as other 1
men, especially not as the southerners
md w~esterners, would do well to whit
he south and west and learn some.
hing OF humanity and Christian civil.
alton. I