Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-03-11

and slavery, and after explaining. will prove =
what I assert BY short passage from Deuter- I
ohomy There were three classes Of sersinds
among the Isfaelites. beside heir bondmsn
and bond women (slsvss). The frat classof :
servants were those that were sola for debt, af-
ter all their real and personal property was ex'
hansted. Instead of sending them to gaol Tor
debt, they were inducted into some respectable
family, and worked themselves Free They we're
merely like apprentices; could not be bound or
sold for more than six years. Tho seventh year
they were free, The second class were persons
convicted OF crimes. such as larceny, and burg
! larry. Instead of confhing them in convict
gaols and penitentiares, consorting In large
gangs, and becoming worse from communion
: with each other, they were bound to respecta-
BILE masters, but must be freed In the year OF
Jubilee. The third class were those who would
not be free the seventh year, who had been solo
or bound for ak years, and refused to 90 free
!. because they loved their master and his family
!. found themselves happy and comfortable and
!. would not be free until the year ofJubilee. The
!, case might be, his real property was sold until
= the Jubilee, and he did not wish to exert
! himself for living. The lsw-giver did not wish
:. to encourage such servitude; consequently,
a mark of disgrace followed such decision. The
master took him to the gate Of the city before
a the Judges, where the servant made the same
- statement; che shall bring him to the door or
unto the door post; and his master shall bore
a his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve
:. him for ever, Hebrew Jubilee) The above laws
!, were for Israeltes reduced to poverty; instead
of going into the poor house, hospital, or being
confined in prison for debt, he could sell
s,' or bind himself, or be sold with his family
work out bis debt, gain their living, and return
"a to their landed possessions, which returned u
them with their liberty at the year of Jubilee
10 But with, respect to bondmen and bond
,o maids, slaves, permit me to read the following
ha from Leviticus, chapter 25, verses A, Is, ant
%. 46; "Both thy bondmen and thy bondmaids
md which thou shalt have, shall be Of the heather
MS that are round about you; Of them shall ye bu,
90, bondmen and bondmaids." "Moreover, of tn
te. children of the strangers that do scourn anon
you, of them shall 70 buy, and of their famie
ON that are with you, which they begat in you
Me land; and they shall be your possession" !" san
,,o ye shall take them ss inheritance for your chi
dren after you, to inherit them for possession
,ve they shall be your bondmen fer ever; but owe
,od your brethren, the children of Israel, ye sha
"a not rule one over another with rigor."
,e;, Mr.. Speaker, will now call the attention Q
the House to the bill before us, (and against th
~ ~ amendment.) The provisions Of this law wi
=. enable the State to carry out the intentions I
80 the trainers of the Fugitive Slave Law; it wi
convince our Southern brethren that we are
earnest to Go them justice, by protecting the
80 personal property; and les me again suggest
:, that portion of the House who consider It the
hs duty conscientousy to keep up agitation for ii
;eo. abolition of slavery, If they may not be commi
~ ting grievous sin. Suppose for a moment thl
,bs the theory have introduced (Which is mair
,o,le tained in full or in part by many Of the mo
nes talented and eminent men in the world) shou
ush be true, are you not flying in the face of Prov
~ dence, who has for some grand purpose, III
m known to us, finite beings, condemned this ra
a. 40 to slavery7 Especially do call upon those Re
/, do erend and spiritual gentlemen, members of \
.sa House, to preach, instead of agitating to the
in fanatical brethren, "peace and good will
inst men;" and instead Of crying out coercion q
,rew civil war, "compromise," or give up all Of Q
Hs- preiudices for the sake of the UAion If q
ated cannot be preserved, then peaceable secessi
lead and negotiations for q fair and equal divisi
we're of the public property, taking into view the
asa- tional debt, and how It was contracted.
how In conclusion, permit me to recite the beau
,ine ful passage from Jeremiah, 81 chapt. Ephrai
uust had been carried into captivity, and their mot
ioc-l er Rachel, the fayorte wife Of Jacob, (who
aul, buried at RamahD ia supposed by the propt
ed to be mourning for them in the spiritual vor
MAJ IA voice was heard IN haman, hmentatio
Y of and bitter weeping; Rachel, weeping fol, b
of children, refused to be comforted because th
isu- we're no!." "Thus saith the Lord; refrain t
was voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tea
by for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lol
{ in aud they shall come again from the land of t
the enemy" In the same spirit, Mr.. Speaker, p'
ess; NIT me to apostrophizs the fathers of o
reen Union, Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Mao
de. son, Monroe and our noble Jackson, to interce
of for US, their children, at the footsool of the gr
his Supreme ruler OF Heaven and Earth, that
cast may fill the minds and hearts Of our pres
dis rulers with that wisdom and knowledge that N
les" bring. about peace and harmony in the Stat
hich and the preservation of our glorious Union,
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