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Show SKINNER SKINNED. Last week we referred to the Rev. Dr. Skinner's shameless and outrageous outrage-ous attack, in the Presbyterian assembly, assem-bly, upon the native citizens of New Mexico. The fact that the reverend detractor had dwelt In peace among the people whom he so atrociously slanders, aggravates the offense. We ventured to think that the residents of the territory of the race which Skinner Skin-ner dishonors in his own person, would lose no time in repudiating the un-Christan un-Christan and unmanly sentiments fathered by him. Nor were we mistaken, mis-taken, for the newspapers of the territory, ter-ritory, without regard to race, creed, or politcs, have "roasted" him unmercifully unmer-cifully for his infamous calumniation of a hundred thousand fellow citizens, for the most part, in every respect, iis The Journal-Democrat of Albuquerque, Albuquer-que, an exponent of the same political faith as both Beveridge and Skinner, flays the latter alive for "an offense more heinous than that for which Ananias Ana-nias was stricken dead." To the sin of bearing false witness against his neighbor, observes our contemporary, Skinner added the folly of lying In such a clumsy manner that he couldn't avoid beng caught at it, thu3 doing violence to a divine law and human discretion at one operation. New Mexico Mex-ico can survive the slander, continues the same journal: But tne Presbyterian church has a duty to perform in the premises. It I owes it to the cause of truth and Justice, Jus-tice, to the cause of morality and re-ligon, re-ligon, as well as to its own good name, to have this man promptly removed from a position which he has disgraced. dis-graced. He has dragged the vestments vest-ments of his office in the mire of falsehood, false-hood, and the church cannot afford to countenance the deed or sustain the man who has been guilty of it. t Mr. Skinner was undoubtedly malv 'ing a bid for more missionary money, jbut he adopted a very unprofitable way of getting it, because the very (people among whom the missionary !fund is used would be estranged by a libel of that character, and refuse fellowship fel-lowship with a church whose minis-! minis-! ters would represent them in such a ! cruel manner. "That one little speech will do harm enough to neutralize all the good that has been done by the Presbyterian church through its missionaries in this territory in the last five years. "Honesty is the best policy, in missionary mis-sionary work as well as in business." The citizens of Albuquerque "go for" Brother Skinner even more vigorously. vigor-ously. At a public mass meeting convened con-vened to "sit on" his case, a set of resolutions was adopted that make rare reading ror me gentleman named and for his sponsors and supporters in the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions which is responsible for him. The pronouncement is worthy of record rec-ord in the national annals of race and religous bigotry in the United States. We subjoin the resolutions in part: Whereas, we have learned with surprise sur-prise and amazement that at the meeting meet-ing of Presbyterian ministers, which was held in the city of Los Angeles a week or so ago, a certan reverend (?) jackass, who holds a pulpit in the city of Las Vegas, by name Norman Skinner, Skin-ner, gratuitously and vilely slandered the native people of New Mexico and their system of public schools in foul and lying language, saying that "of the 100,000 native citizens, 90,000 were as cattle, bartered and sold at public elections, ignorant, and that we had no schools to speak of and that the white people looked upon us with contempt," con-tempt," and other outrageous slanders, which no doubt Were impelled by the greed of the said idiotic and malicious reverend (?) for the purpose of extorting extort-ing money from the home missions to satisfy his avarice; and Whereas, the driveling idiot further said that we needed strong men and women of his faith to Christianize us, although if he has read history, he must know that three centuries ago, before his forefathers even dreamed of America, the Spanish .conquerors had been here and had implanted Christianity, without the aid of Skinner; Skin-ner; and Whereas, it is our duty to respond to any attack made upon our good name, and standing as a people; therefore, there-fore, be it That we denounce in the most unqualified un-qualified terms, the malicious liar and hypocrite, Norman Skinner, as a villain vil-lain unworthy to be called a Christan and a citizen of New Mexico (we have nothing to do with his church or faith and do not hold it responsible), but request the Presbyterian Home Missions Mis-sions to "deliver" us from this blot in our midst and transplant him to a more congenial clime, the farther the distance the better, and we call upon ail citizens of rew Mexico, irrespective irrespec-tive of race or creed, to express their feelings upon this matter. Be it resolved, that we reel great pride in noticing that the whole press of New Mexico, Spanish-American and English newspapers, with two notable exceptions, have spoken out in defense of the native people, their fellow citizens, citi-zens, thereby exemplifying the unity and harmony that exists among citizens citi-zens of a common country without regard re-gard to race or creed. Brother Skinner has discovered that the business of reviling the Spanish-American Spanish-American citizen of New Mexico differs dif-fers in its result from the safer pastime pas-time of some equally bigoted brethren I of his profession, who direct their efforts ef-forts in that line to maligning the Catholic natives of American territory separated from them by the width of the Pacific. The Monitor. |