Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-07

OBJEcTfoN Nv. ~ tby bTofheT Gkat
9soe2eth by tbse be s1azen poor, and BE-
soid nate thee, thou shalt not compel him
20 ssrrs IS . BoND-sERvART. bat as an
HIRED-sERyANT, and as a sojOu,nsr SHALL
ne be 9iA thee, and shall serre thee nnto
tAs year Of Jubilee" Lev. XIV SO, 40.
2 From the fact that only one class of the
servants IS called hired, u Is sagely infer
red that servants Of the other class were
NOT paid for their labor. That is, that
while God Numbered snathemas against
those who Fused their neighbours service
tSithOnt Uages.,' he granted special in.
diligence TO his chosen people to seize
persons, force them to work, end rob them
Of earnings. provided always, in selecting
their victims, they spared .ihe gentlemen
Of property and Standing" and pounced
only upon the Strangers and the common
people. The inference that "hired'' is
synonimous with paid, and that those ser
wants not ealLsd "hired' were not paid
for their labor, is mere assumption.
The meaning Of the English verb to
Aiye, rs, as every one knows, 10 procure
Tor a tempoTaf5 use at certain price-to
engage person to temporary service for
wages That is also the meaning Of the
Hebrew word !. Sagkay."r Temporary
service, and generally for a specific object,
IS Insspurable from its meaning. It is
||FCr used when the procurement Of Der
Ppenfservice, for long period, is spo-
- OF Now, we ask. would permanent
servants, those who constituted an integral
and stationary part Of The family, have
been designated by the same term tina,
marks temporary servants Z. The eyerv
day distinctions made 90 this subject, are
as familiar as table-talk. In many fami-
lies. the domestics perform only such la
Dor. as every day brings along with it
the regular work. Whatever IS oeeasicn-
Glmerely, as the washing OF family. is
done ey persons hired erpressIv for tie
PrrPose. In such families, the familiar
distinction between the too classes, is.
s"servanis," or "domestics,' and hired
help tno.JP1sd help.) Both classes are
paid. One IS permanent--the other ,oc-
caslonal and temporary. aud therefore in
thiscase called SHRED" To suppose
servant robbed Of hiss earnings. becan.e
when spoken Of he is not called hired
seEvantsis profound induction b. If9 | EN-.
ploy a nan at twelve dollars a month 10
work my farm, he Is my "Aired" man
but IL, instead Of giving him 90 much a
montn, 4 gire him sEeh q portion of tie
crops or.in other words, il he works nv
farm = on shares he is no longer nv III
red NAM Every farmer knows that that
designation is not applied 10 him. Yet he
works the same farm, in the same way, NJ
the same times, and with the same teams
andlools; and does the same amount of
work inthsyear, and perhaps clears TWEEN
tydollars manth, instead OF the twelve.
paid him while he. was my hired laborer.
Now. as the teehnic " hired" is no longer
used to designate him. and as he sill la
bors on my farm, suppose my neig hbors
gather in conclave, and from such ample
premises sagely infer. that since he is no
longer my "hired" laborer, ROB him of
his earnings, and with all the gravity of
owls, they record their decision, and ad-
journ to boot il abroad. Myneighbers are
deep-divers!-Eke some theological pro-
fessors, theynot only go 10 he bottom, but
come up covered with the tokens. '-'
A varielyof particulars are recorded in
the Bible, distinguishing hired from
bought servants. e. Hired servants were
paid daily nj the close Of their work. Lev.
xiS. 10; Dsut. xiv. Ia. Is; Job vii. 2;
Mat. XIX. 8. "BoughE' servants were
paid in advance, Ia reason tor their being
called bosght,) aud those that went out at
the seventh year received grGtuity at
the close oftheir period of service. Deut.
~ l2, l3. (2) The hired servant was
paidia 1soney--the bought servant receIv-
ed his grdtuity. at least, in grain, cattle,
and the product ofthe vintage. Deut xiv.
I, IL. (3.l The hired servant heed 6y him.
. self in his own family. The bought ser
want was a part Of his masters family.
(A) The hired servant supported his TAM
lily out Of his wages; the bought seryan,
and Instantly, were supported by the mas.
ter besides his wages.
Aeareiul investigation Of the condition
Of AIRED and Of "b0Rghf" servants,
shows that the latter were, as class, sn.
psri0r 10 the former-were more trust
worthy-had greater privileges, and &C.
cupied IN every respect (othSr things be-
ing equaD a higher station in society
~ ISey mere iHtimateiy i4eorporated
tcitk tie family of the master. They were
guests At family festivals, and social So
IDENTITIES, from which Aired servants were
excluded. Lev. xxi. 10; Exod. xii. AZ,
As. az Their Interests rere far more
ideatifsd wifs the general iaisrests of
tkeir mas;sYs famiiy. Bought servants
were often actually, or prospectively, heirs
oftheir masters estate Witness the case
ofEiiezer, Of Zib1, Of the sons Of Bilhsh,
and ZiIpah. & others. When there were
no sons TO inherit the estate, or when, by
go. :. L srn.. Aho,r hnd f,rEaited he; .;,l