Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-01-31

theg 1CeFe sold. The wages OF Servants
would enable them to set up in business
for themselves. Jacob, alter being the
servant of Laban for twenty-one years
became thus an independent herdsman,
and was the master of many servants
Gen. xxx. 43, and xxxii. l5. But all
these servants had left him before ne went
down into Egypt, having doubtless &C
.ouired enough to commence business lot
themselves. Gen. xiv. 10, IL, ana xlVL
~, 80. j.. 49,,
9. Gods testimony to the character Of
Abraham. Genesis xviii. IL. for 4
kuosD him that he wiI command ms c"at-
drem and has household after H'"s, ana
then shall keep THE WAY OF THE h3Rp
To DO JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT we
have here Gods testimony, that Abraham
taught his servants "the way OF the Lord
what was the sway ofthe Lord respect
inc the paymen: of wages where service
WAS rendered ? We unto h1n that US
.sth his meighdor's seruice aoithout toGges!'
Jer. xii. Is. "Mastrrs, gsUe unto y0Ur
servants that sOhiek IS just and e7aGL - -
Col. iv. |. Render unto GHtheir DUES"
Rom. xiii. 2. The ta6orer IS 10ortkv of
his hire" Luke x.7. How did Abra-
ham teach his servants to "dO justice" to
others? By doing injustice to them =
Did be exhort them to "render TO all
their dues" by keeping back their osOm?
Did he teach them that "the loborer was
worthy of his hire" by robbing them OF
theirs! Did he beget in them a reverence
for the 9th commandment by pilfering all
theirtime & LAHORE Did he teach them mot
to defraud" others in any matter" by de-
nying them "what was just and equal ?"
If each of Abraham's pupils under such
a catechism did not become a very Aris-
tides in justice, then an illustrious exam
pie, patriarchal dignity, and practical les
sons, can make but slow Roadway against
human perverseness
10. Specific precepts of the Mosaic lGao
enforcing general principles. Out ofma-
ny, we select the following:
~ Thou shalt not muzzLe the or that
treGdetb out the conn.," or literall v, aoh1te
he hresheth. Deut. XIV 4. Here is
general principle applied to a familiar
case The OK representing all domestic
animals. Isaiah xxx. "a. A particular
kind of service all kinds and law
requiring an abundant provision for the
wants of an animal ministering to man in
a certain way-a general principle Of
treatment covering all times, modes, and
inStrVmentaiities of Serrice. The object
of the law was not merely to enjoin ten
deTness towards brutes, but to inculcate
the duty of regarding those aoho serUe US,
showing that they who labor for others,
are entitled to what is just and equal in
return; and if such care is enjoincd. by
God, not merely for the ample susten-
ance, but for the present enjoyment Of q
brute, what would be meet return for
the services of man? MAN, with his vari-
ed wants, exalted nature and immortal des-
tiny! Paul tells US expressly, that the
principle which VIC have named, lies at
the bottom Of the statute. 2See | Corinth-
ians tx. 9. 10" For 1t is aorittem IN the
lar of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the
mouth of the OF that treadeth out the corn
Doth God take care fo' Ozen? Or saith
he 1t altogether for OUR sakes? that he thai
ptoaOeth should ploa0 In HOPE, and that he
that Mreshetb in hope should be PARTAK'
Err OF HIS HOPE"
(2) "Ift thy brother be aoGrem poor, ana
fallen IN decay aoith thee, then thou shall
relieve him, YEA, THOUGH HE BE A STRAIN
GER OR a soJoURNER, that he may Lar'
aoith thee. Take thou no usuru Of him
or increase, but fear thy God. Thou shall
not ,gire him thy money upon usury, no.
lend him thy UictU0ls fo' incre0se."- Lev
XIV. 35-37. Or, in other words, C re
lief at your hands is his right, and you
duty-you shall not take advantage of hi:
necessities, but cheerfully supply them.
| Now. we ask, by what process of pro
slavery legerdemain, this benevolent reg
ulation can be made to be in keeping witt
the doctrine of WORK WITHOUT PAY 2
Did God declare the poor stranger entitl
ed to RELIEF, and in the same breath, an
thorize them to "WSe his services a0lttou
cages ;" force him to work, and Ro1
HIM OF ALL HIS EARNINGS! Judge We