Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-01-24

tributed. would on an average be almost
ONE HALF OF THE DAYS IN EACH YEAR.
Meanwhile. they and their families were
supported, and furnished with opportuni-
ties Of instruction. Ifthis amount of time
were distributed over eUery dag, the SER
wants would have 10 themselves, all but
fraction OF ONE HALF OF EACH DAY, and
would labor for their masters the remain
ing fraction and the other half of the day. |
This REeULATIoN Is PART OF THAT |
Mosaic SYSTEM WHICH is CLAIMED BY
SHAREHOLDERS AS THE GREAT PRoTo-
TYPE OF AMERICAN SLAVERY.
5. The seTrant tCGS protected By LaSO
equally with the other members Of The COM
mEnity
Proof" Hear the causes bettceen your
brethren, und judge righteOSsly 6etaOsen
erery man and has meigh6or, and THE
STRANGER THAT Is WITH HIM." "Ye
shall not RESPECT PERSONS IN judgment,
but ye shall hear tie SMALL as aceI as the
great" Deut. j. l6, IL. Also in Lev.
xiv. %. "Ye shall haze one manner of
lao as aoeU for the stranger. as for one of
your oton country, for am the Lord your
God" So Numbers XIV. 20. "Ye shall
haze ONE LAW for ham that sinnetk tkrO'
1 ignorance. both for him thatSs born among
the children Of Israel, and for the sTRAS-
GER that sojourneh among Them" Deut.
xvii. 10. Cursed be he that PERvERT-
ETH THE JUDGMENT OF THE STRANGER,
the fearless and tie Didoao."
6. The Mosaic system emjoined upon
the IsrGelites the greatest affection and
kindness tOOard their servants, foreign as
IcsH as Je1ish.
Lev. xix. "a. "1He stranger that
dOetIeh Nth you shall be unto you as one
born among yOu, and thou shalt lore him
as myself" Also Deut x. II, l9. For
the Lord your God is God of gods, and
! Lord Of lords, a great God, mighty and
terrible, t0htch REGARpETH NOT PER-
SONS, nor taketh REGARD. He doth execute
the judgment Of the fatherLess and toidOso,
and LovETH THE STRANGER, in CITING
him food and rGiment, LOVE YE THERE
FORE THE STRANGER" So Exodus xxi.
9 FL. Thou shalt Neither uer a stranger
nor Cypress him" Exodus xiii. g.
; Thou shalt not Cypress stranger, for
! yc knoT the heart of stranger" Lev
! XIV. 35, SO. thy brother be pGzsn
4 poor thou shalt rettere him, yea, though
n ne De a STRANGER or a SojOnrner, that h.
$ may Hrs toith thee, take thou no usury Of
ham or increase, but fear thy God -
Q What an absurdity to suppose that thi.
;. same stranger could be taken by one thai
II feared his God, held as a slnre, and
4 robbed Of time, earnings, and all hi.
;, rightsl
n 7. Servants t0ere placed upon a Ieve
toith their masters in all cirh and geLi
=. gious rights. See Numbers XIV. Is. l6
A 20. Numb. tx IA. Deut. i. Is, IT,
= Lev. xiv. %.
- III.-DID PERSONS BECOME SERVANTS
!. VOLUNTARILY, OR WERE THEY MADE
,sl SERVANTS AGAINST THEIR w1LLs2
n We argue that they became servant
" Of their 0lou accord,
h l. Because 10 become a servant in tn
~ family of an Israelite, was to abiure idol
:, airy, 10 enter into covenant with God,
- to be circumcised in token of it, to b
"A bound TO the observance of the Sabbath
!; Of the Passover, the Pentecost, and tn
n Feast of Tabernacles, and to receive ir
.;r struction in all the particulars of the mo-
o. al and ceremonial law.
~ Were the servants forced through a
Il these processes! Was the renunicatio
IN Of idolatry compulsory2 Were the
no dragged into covenant with God2 Wei
or they seized and circumcised by mai
ks streHgth2 Were they compelled mechar
mt ically to chew and swallow, the flesh of tn
nd Paschal lamb, while they abhorred th
a. institution, despised its cere monies, spur
il ed the law which enjoined it, detested i
a. author and executors, and instead of r,
re Ijoicing in the deliverance which it CON
Nv memmorated,I bewailed it as a caIamit,
~ aud cursed the day of its cnnsummation
KS Were they drireH from all parts of th
w. land three times in the year up to th
IN annual festivals? Were they drugge
with instruction which they ma useated :
ar Were they goaded through a round
he ceremonies, 10 them senseless and DISCUS
NV ing mummeries; and drilled into the ta
N. tics Of creed rank with loathed abomi,
ations2
mt We repeat it. to become servant, W.
IN to become prOselyte. And how did &c
nv authorize his people to make proselytes
At the point Of the sword2 By the terrc
lst ofpains and penaltiesf By conveltin
vii men into msrchandisea Were proseEy
= and cbatteL synonymes, in the Divine v
he cabulary2 Must a man be sunk to thin
III. before taken into covenant with God
Was this the stipulated condition of ado,
not ton, AMI the sole passport TO the commu
az. ion Of the saints2
n. z We argue the voluntariness of Sc
tho wants from Deut. XIII Is, Is. "IRc
ri saaI MOI detaUcr INTO his master the Sc