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

BODY ofslaves is moved any distance IN our
free and equal republic, they are hand-cuf-
fed to keep them from. running away, or
beating their drivers brains out. Was
this the Mosaic plan, or an Improvement
left for the wisdom of Solomon? The
usage, doubtless, claims a paternity not
less venerable and biblical Perhaps
they were dashed upon camels, and trans
ported in bundles, or Gagged up, and trun-
died on wheels TO and fro, and while at the
Holy City, lodged in jail for safe keep
ing" religious services extra being ap-
pointed, and special CORAL instruction"
for their benefit But meanwhile, what
became of the sturdy landmarks left at
home? What hindered them from march
ing off in body2 Perhaps the Israeitish
matrons stood sentry in rotation round the
kitchens, while the young ladies secured
the country, as mounted rangers, to pick
up straggIers by day, and patrolled the
streets as city guards, keeping a sharp
look out at night.
4. Their continuance IN Jewish families
depended upon the performance of rGrious
rites and ceremonies necessarily voLUNTA-
RY
Suppose a servant from the heather
should, upon entering Jewish family, re-
fuse circumcision the question whether
he shall! remain servant, is in his own
hands Ifa sIGve, how simple the process
of emancipation! His refusal did the job.
Or, suppose that, a: any time, he should
refuse to attend the tri-yearl y feasts, or
should eat ieavened bread duringthe Pass
over, or compound the ingredients OF the
! amounting oil, he is "cut off from the peo-
, pie; ;" accommodated.
S. We infer the rOluntarinesS Of the
= servants Of the PatriGrchs from the I'M
- possibility OF their being held gainst their
y qciIS. The servants OF Abraham are an
E illustration. At one time he had three
:, hundred and eighteen yOumg men born
, in his house." and probably many more
. not born in his house. The whole num-
- Der of his servants of all ages, was proba-
y bly, MANY THOUSANDS. Doubtless, Abra-
ham was man of million, and Sarah
=, 100, right notable housekeeper; still, it
is not easy to conceive how they contrived
'. to hold so many thousand servants against
their wills, unless the patriarch and his
wife took turns in performing the Hiber-
d Man exploit of surrounding them! The
y neighboring tribes, instead OF constituting
C a picket guard to him and his servants,
II would have been far more likely to sweep
'e them and him into captivity, as they did
y Lot and his household. Besides, Abra
- ham had neither Constitution" nor ICON
t, pact" nor statutes, nor judicial officers tc
ID send back his fugitives, nor a trucking
= police to pounce upon panic-stricken wo
e men, nor gentIeman-kidnappers, suing for
- patronage, volunteering to howl on the
70 track, boasting their blood -hound scent, &
III pEedging their honor" TO hunt down anc
:" deliver up proraded they had de
scription of the flesh-marks," and wer,
n stimulated in their chivalry by pieces 0
n salrer. Abraham seems also TO have. beer
10 sadly deficient in all the auxiiaries Q
10 family government, such as stocks, hand
''F cuffs, foot chains. yokes, gags, and thumb
to screws His restitution of these patriar
he chal indispensabIes is the more affecting
es when we consider his faithful discharge G
eft responsibilities to his household. though S
on deplorably destitute of the needluI aids.
ds 6. We infer that servants Vere r0Iun
sc, tary from the fact thGt there Is no instamc
sc Of an IsJaeIuiSh master eUer SELLING
We servant. Abraham had thousands of sci
gl- wants, but appears never to have sold one
rs Isaac grew until he became very great,"t
la had great store of servants" Jacob
to youth was spent in the famI Y of Labar
IN where he lived servant twenty-one year;
he AtterwaId he had large number Of sci
Tor wants.
he When Joseph sent for Jacob to come il
us to Egypt, the words are, "thou and tn
he children, and thy children's children, an
re- thy focks and thy herds, and ALL TIA
his THOU HAST" Jacob took his focks an
ell herds but no sercantS. Gen. xiv. 10 Xvii
all 6. His servants doubtless, served unde
eth their 010n Contracts and when Jacob wer
ID into Egypt, they chose to stay In their ow
out country.
- The government might sell Mieres,
all they had 40 property, until their service
ey had made good the injury, and paid the L
III, gal fine. Ex. xxi. 5. But masters seer
tie, 10 have had no power to sell their sci
as rGnts-the reason is obvious. To Civ
the master rightto sell his servant, wouI
ro- annihilate the servants right of choice
er- his own disposal but says the obiecto
IT. To give the master right to bug a SCI
ap- want, equally annihllates the servant
a right OF choice. Answer. 1t is on
rty thing to have right to buy man, and
ir- very different thing to have right to bu
him of another man.
Though there is no instance of a Sc
&C. want being bought Of his, or her maste
e's yet there are instances Of young femal
hat being bought of their fathers. But the