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

own nothing, nor acquire anything" to
embark In such an enterprise would have
been. consummate stupidity. The fact of
having in his possession two talents of
silver, would ofitselfconvict him oftheft.'
But since the possession and use of prop
erty by servants, was common under the
Mosaic system, he might have it, and in
vest or use it, without attracting special
attention. And that consideration alone
would have been strong motive to the
act. His master, while he rebukes him
for using such means to get the money,
not only does not take it from him, but
seems to expect that he would invest it in
real estate, and cattle, and would procure
servants with it. 2 Kings v. &c. In l
Sam. tx. 8, we find the servant of Saul
having money, and relieving his master
in an emergency. ARA, the servant of
Elah, was the OaOner Of a house. That 1t
was spacious and somewhat magnificent,
would be natural inference from the fact
that it was resort of the king. 1 Kings
xvi. g. The case of the Gibeonites, who,
after they became servants, still occupied
their cities, and remained, in many res
poets, distinct people for centuries; and
that of the 10000 Canaanites, the ser
rants of Solomon, who worked out their
tribute of bond-service in leVies. periodi-
caily relieving each other, while Prepar-
ing the materials for the temple, are adj
ditioual illustrations of independence In
the acquisition and ownershipofproPerty.
4. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. frequently In
herited their masters property; especial
ly if he had no sons, or if they had dis
honored the family. This seems 10 have
been general usage.
The cases of Eliezer, the servant of
Abraham Ziba, the servant of Mephi-
bosheth, Jarha an Egyptian, the servant
of Shesban, and the husband of his daugh-
ter; ! Chron. il. "a, 35, and of the hws,
bGndmen who said of their masters son,
"tbisis the HEIR, let US Hill him, and the
INHERITANCE WILL BE OURS" Mark
Xii. 7, are illustrations. Also the decIa-
ration in Prov. xvii. Q" A UiSe servant
shall haze rule 0ce1 a son that cauSeh
shame, and SHALL HAVE PART OF THE
INHERITANCE AMONG THE BRETHREN"
This passage seems to give servants pre-
cedence as heirs, eveL over the 1oires and
daughters of their masters. Did masters
hold by force, and Plunder of earnings, a
class of persons, from which, in frequent
contingencies, they selected both heirs for
their property, and husbands for their
daughters2
5. ALL aoere required to present offer
inps and sacrifices. Deut. xvi. Is, H.
2 Chron. XIV. ell. Numb. tx. l3.
Servants must have had permanently,
the means of acquiring property to meet
these expenditures.
6. Those Hebre1o servants toho Soent ont
at the seventh gear, 10ere provided By la1c
1oith large stock of provisions and cattle.
Deut. XIV 1l-14 Thou shalt furnish
him literally out of thy flock, and out Of
thy floor, and out Of thy 1oine press, of that
toherepith the Lord thy God hath blessed
thee, thou shalt giUs HINT If it be OBJ,
iected, that no mention is made of the ser.
want from the strangers, receiving like
bountiful supply, We answer, neither did
the most honorable class of the IsraelitisA
servants, the free-holders and for the
same reason, they did not go out IN TIL
Seveath gear, but continued until the iubi
lee. If the fact that no mention is made
of the Gentle servants receiving such &
grGtuity proves that they were robbed O
their earnings; it proves that the mos
valued class Of Hebrew servants were rob
bed of theirs also, conclusion too stub
born for even pro-slavery, masticators, how
ever inscriptions.
! z. The servants 10ere BOUGHT. Il
other aoOrds, they received compensated
for their services in Advance. Havin!
shown, under previous head, that ser
wants sold themselves, and of course re
, ceived the compensation for themselve:
Except in cases where parents hired ou
the time Of their children until they be
came of age,)t a mere reference to III
fact in this place is all that is required 70
! the purpose of this argument.
! 8. We infer that servants qoere paid
because zoe find masters at one time hGt
: ing large number of servants, d after
: yards none, a0ithOut any intimatton tia
swhoever heard of the slaYes in orr souther
), states stealing large amount Of money! The
: :. knOc hOsc to take care of Themselves qui
too wei for that. When they steal, they Al
careful to do il on such small scale, or in Il
n taking OF such things ss will make detection diff
cult No doubt they steal now and then littl
and gaping marvel would il be if they did no
a Why should they not follow il the footsteps
!. their masters and mistressesi Dull scholars i
e deed If, after so many lessons from pTofcients
> the art who drive the business by tchOLesGLe, the
should not occasionally copy their betters, fall
8 10 the fashion, and try their hand in small wa
5, at practice which is the only permanent n
II MaiuersuI business carried on around them!
-. Ignobe truly! never TO feel the strings Of hi
impulse, prompting them to initiate the eminent [
D. tern SET before them in the daily vocation Of He
n orabes' and g Excelencies," and TO emulate I
iIlustrous examples of Doctors of Divinity a
RigM and pzy ReUrenda Hear PresiRent