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

eEgvANTe, WITH An ENuMERAIloN
or rHE RIGHTS AND PRIvILEeEs Sc
cUaED TO SERVANTS. |
The general object Of those statutes,
which prescribed the relations oil master
and servant, was the good Of both parties
but more especially the good Oh the
ervanss While the interests oil the mas
Ter were specially guarded from INJURY |
those Of the servants were promoted.
These laws were merciful provision
s,rthe poorer classes, both Of the Israel
ties and Strangers. Not laying on bur
dens, but tightening them--they were
grant Of privileges bestowment OF ia
ora.
1. No servaaf from che Strangers, could
ysmain ssrcani IN che family Of an Is
Taeiiie, without becoming a ProseLyte.-
Compliance with this condition was the
eries Of the pJiviiege-Genesis xvii. g
IA, %, 81.
3. EreommrnicatiOn from hs family
was a PUNIsHMENT.-Gen. xxi. IA
Luke xvi 2-4. -.s. %.
8. TRe fact ihat ersry HebreD sercGnt
souIi COMPEL has master 10 keep him after
fhs sir years contract had expired, shows
that the system was framed to advance
theiaterests and CRAFTY the wishes Of the
servant cutie as much as those Of the mas
ter. Ifihe servant demanded il, the law
!, obliged the master to retain him in his
household, however little he might need
his services. or great his dislike to the IN
dividual. Deut. Nv. l2-17, and Exod.
Xxi. 2-6. trt r-.
g. TAe rights and pririleges guaTGH-
iced by Laic 70 aILssrvaats
III TEsy DeTs admitted into cor
saanf NTH God. Deut. xxx. 1913.
(2) They veTs iRcited quests at all
hs National and family festivals of the
hoasehOid IN Which they resided. Exod.
xiI-43--44; Deut XII. IL, Is, and xvi.
lO-l6.
(3.l They tcerc stately Instructed in
morality and rsligiOn Deut XXI. 10
,I3; Joshua viii. 33-35; 2 Chronicles
xvii. 8 %.
al They i0eye released from fheir reg
slar labor nearly ONE HALF OF THE
whoLE TINE. During which; the law
secured TO them their entire support; and
the same public and family instruction
= that was provided for the other members
Ofthe Hebrew community. -
"A (al The Law secured to them the
: wiois OF every .sereRth year; Lev. XIV
as; thus giving to those servants thai
remained such during the entire period
between the jubilees, eighs phOLe gear
Including the Jubilee year, of unbroker
rest -"
tb) Evsry screnth day. This in forty
two years, (the eight being subtractet
from the fify) would amount to just st:
(c.) TIE three great annual festivals
The Passorer, which commenced on th,
18th Of the lst month, and lasted sever
DAYS, Deut. xvi. 3, 8. The Pentecost, o
Feast Of Weeks, which began on the GIL
day of the 81 month, and lasted sever
days Lev. xvi. 10, H.. And the Feas
of Tabernacles, which commenced on III
18th OF the seventh month, and Taste
eight DAYS. Deut xvi. l3, Is Lev. xxi
sf-39. As all met in one place, muc
time would be spent on the journey. The
numbered caravans moved slowly. Ate
their arrival at the place of sacrifice, a dn
or two at least. would be requisite for
vers preparations. before entering upo
IN. celebration ofthefestival, besides som
time at the close of il, in preparations fc
their return. If we assign three week
TO each Notwithstanding the time spel
. on the journey going and returning, an
the delays before and after the celebrt
stion. together with the festival meek
will be small allowance for the cess;
ton OF l1eir regular labor. As there wei
three festivals in the year, the main bod
of the servants would be absent from the
stated employments At least nine nee
aanpally. which would amount in fort
two years, subtracting the sabbaths, to 81
years and eighty-four days. r.
tdl TIE neW moons. The jewish We,
rad Twelve Josephus tells us that Il
Jews always kept tsOO days for the ne
moon. STE Calmet on the Jewish Gale
der. and Horne's Introduction also
Sam. Xxx. lS. 10, 27. This would amou
IN fOrty-two years, to two years, two hui
dred and eighty days, after the necessal
snbfractions.
(e) 1Ae feast OF trHmPets. On the l
day Of the seventh month, and Of the civ
wear. Lev. XIII. "a. IS. g.. u
(f) The day Of atOnement On d
tenth Of the seventh mouth. Lev. xxi
27--32 a#E ssa.- VI.
These last twof easts would consume q
less than sixiy-6ve days oftime not 9th,
wise reckoned. -
Thus il appears that those persons W
continued servants during the whole pc
Cd between the jubilees, were by law /,
leased from their labor, TwESTY-THR
YEARS AND sIxTY-FoUR DAYS, OUT
rrrrr YEARS. and those who remained