Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-07
Vol. X....No. "a.

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1 T' was an agricultural servant
Inc Stranger was domestic and pey,osay
servant, and in some instances meehanieol
oo.n were occasional, procured temporal,
20 serve an emergency. Both lived !,
their own families, their wages Nor.
money, and they We're raid when tbo;'
work was done. As cla,s of go" IN
tne nlrea were less loved, trusted, honore3
and promoted than any other
< 6o~gm SeTUants, (ine1udiae I'm.
"6oT" in the house." )-This cl,ss also
was composed both of IsraeIites an
Strangers, the same general d,asr.n"a
obtaining in ,heir kinds of emplovmasts
as was noticed before, Both were n,;i
in ADVANCE and neither was temporary,
The lsraelitish servant, in mos, IN.
stances, was released after six years
(Ihe tfeeboLder continued until the juh.
lee.) The Stranger, was perman,at
servant, continuing until the Jubilee
Besides these distinctions between Jew;,b
aud Gentle bought servants, a marked
distinction obtained between diheren
classes of Je'Oish bought Servants o.
dinarIlY, during their term of service
they We're merged in their masters fnmt
ly, and, like the wife and children Of the
master, subject to his authority; land Of
course, like them, protected by law from
its bnse.) But one class of the Jewish
bought servants was marked excep,io7
The treehOLder, obliged by poverty to
leave his possession, and sell himself a,
a servant, did not thereby affect his FAM.
Iy relations, or authority, nor subject him.
self as an inferior to the control of his
MASTER though dependent upon him tot
employment. In this respect, his con1i.
ton differed from that of the main bojy
OF jewish bought servants, which seem.
to have consisted Of those, who had NO
yet come into possession Of their inner.
itance, or of those who were dis!odpnq
from it an inc1mbrance.
Having dwell so much at length On ri,
part ofthe subject, the readers patience
may we'll be spared further details. W.
close 1t with suggestion. or two, which
may serve as solvent Of some minor
difficulties, if such remain.
l. 1t should be kept in mind, that BoA
classes Of servants, the lsraelite and The
Stranger. not only enjoyed equal natural
and religious rights. but all the ciciz and
political privileges enjoyed by those x
their own people, who we're not serya0,,
If israeFites, all rights belonging to s.
raelites were theirs If from the S:raag.
ers, the same political privileges enjovd
by those wealthy Strangers, who bouct
and held Inaelitish servants, 1oers tlsiu
They also shared IN common aoith t4;~
the political disabilities which appe;t1ioe5
to all Strangers, whether the servan.sc
Jewish masters, or the masters Of Jewish
| Servants. {
| H. The disabilities of the Servants frc7
the Strangers, were exclusively yolittea
and national
!: They, in common with all Strancer
could not oaon the SOIL
z They were Ineligible to eioi1 oesc
s. They were assigned to smploy1:esu ]
less honorable than those in which Israel .
't'sh servants engaged. agriculture being
regarded as fundamental to the prosperay
ana even to the existence of the state,
other employments were in far less re.
pute. and deemed un1eaoish Z
Finally the CONDITION of the stranqen
whether servants or masta.s, was a,n
respected political privileges, much Tke
that OF unnaturalized foreigners in III.
United States; no matter how GREAT ,Ir::r
wealth or intelligence, or moral primer
pie or love for our institutions, thew can
neither go to the baIlot-box, or own II,
soil, nor be eligible to Office. Letsu,.
tive American, who has always enjoyed
these privileges, be suddenly berS; I,
them. and loadel with the disaLiiitie, &
an alien, and what to the foreigner would
be light matter, to him, would be tho
severity of ri gor
The recent condition of the Jews and
Catholics in England, is still better j.
lustra'Ion of the political! condition OF The
Strangers in Israel Ro;hschiId, the lac
English banker, though the richest pri.
Vate cA'zen in the world, and perhaps
master OF scores Of English servants w6c
sued for the smalIes. crumbs of his tavo,
was as a subject Of the government in.
ler'or to the veriest scavenger among
mem. Suppose an EngIishnlan. of the
established Church, We're by law deDrir
Pd OF power to own the soil, made incl.
gIbIe to office, and deprived uncond;,ion.
'il'y OF the electoral franchise, would Emo.
r [,Snmen think 1t misapplicationef ,u|
suage' II were SAID, :" me government
,ules over that man with rigor?" And
yet his life. limbs, property, repu,aton.
conscience, all his social relations, the
disposal OF his time. the right of Iocomo-
ION at pleasure. and of natural liberty 10
Ill respects, are just as much protected by
aw as the Lord ChanceIlors. The same
vas true Of all "the Strangers within the
,ates among the IsraeIites. Whether
nese Strangers were the servants of Is.