The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-21

ana the eonchasions ~ y
nom the centre thncs h 4 a
have often wondered 4
slavery refer with such n
Law, when it is evident o.
latlOn Of that law had ma
sarded there would have
America- Moses says, s>u~
man and selIeth him, o. e
hands, shall surely be -
were Africans frst introduc~1
They were stolen from her =
brought here in chains. Thoss -
deserved death according to thslsvx
The same law provided for u. s..s
The servant If any serious bodily mr.
iiieted on him BY his master. tn
TOOTH" or The loss Of an "eye,, -,
hate liberty. There is no snaD,.~-I'
Ihis IN any Of the slave States Of ~.
Iear the Mosaic regulations. h..
lened to, are not heartily approves
The law of Moses forbade The a. ~
runaway servant to his master
such regulation lead to the sxtD.,,''
~ in Americal
servants under the Mosaic law did
more than two thinls Of their tins ~
rested every seventh yeat-snl all 80.
he Jewish nation were required to ,t,s.. !. s.
leasts nj Jerusalem annually. Man :,
ligious obsevances consumed mn.h q
calculation Is, l think, moderate an a
least enc third Of the time Of Jewi,b 80
was atstracted from labor. An srr,ns.--''
this kind would perhaps in twelve -
vince the advocates Of slavery Of III. - = ~
bleness Of the system. -'
The Mosaic law provided for tss,....
emancipation OF servants. Every fi,i.,, :
liberty was proclaimed Throughout II. -. -
ALL the inhabitants thereof" IkD,.
been said that this proclamation Of I,.-.
reference to Hebrew servants, and No. >, :
obtained from heather nations. Tbs,...-
tai objection TO this view. Hebrs1 -
went free the seventh year unless thew ss,.-
remain IN servitude, and submitted % Il, =
mony OF having their ''ears plsrced with,,,..
The phrase call the iah.bitant.. .. =
means all. How would American ,l,,.s's-
fancy periodical manumission Of ,,,,.I
They wonG resist the introduction Of ,Be. =
VISION INTO the laws Of their respective s.,..
After all, l imagine their admiration r. A.
Mosaic statutes Is by no means unoua.s.5-
The system Of seryitude under The No.,,, -
was indeed benevolent compared with On. :,
TEN Of slavery.
But suppose the strongest prO-sIavery B,s,D,..
tation should be given to the statutes o. Ns,e
Let, for example, Leyitcus Nv 4. a. ID.
tverSes which prO-slayeIy men quote viii ia.
facility be so explained as 10 make Jeur,t :.
vitude and American slavery in substance a,
same What would iollowi Tia, Aasis,-
slavery IS nghtl CertainlynOL CDon ne an.
position l have made, wha: Authority La d,
Jews 70 buy slaves from the sheathen r1,,B.
about" j answer the auihorty eoBi,srs,
by Jehovah himself through Ia ssvsa, n,
ses. Permission was given them 10 5ur-
this was all-for no one vii contend hat a.
obligation to buy slaves was imposed On IN
Jews, then, were iustihabls IN buying ss7ae
because divine permission was given then % d
so. Similar permission must be gwen % Is Gen.
tiles to Justify our purchase Of servants. g..
has such permission been gyenl Where
70 be foundi tbs not recorded N he ana,
Of time. The Mosaic regulation was muse..
pal, local, and had no reference % Gsl.s
nations. Oae prominent design Of the sz-iss
Of Moses was TO keep the Jews a di-las. ps,-
Ple--separate frOm other peOple-and YET IA.
Vicious TO tell, one OF these municipal siat1.ssA
IN the nineteenth century, referred 70 ss fl
operation were extensive with the void! H,r
a Jewish local law. almost two thOusan1 y.ss
after the abolition of the Jewish economy. al
have anything to do with Gsndles, I an a.,
gether at a loss to conceive. But enousk fl 4.
present Faithfully yOuE,
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