Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-02-28
REVIEW
Of Sts. tser,p9a ~ p,ra1Isiyh. Tefsheq by pr
bath Evening. Dec. %, 1850. M

10 The Editor Of tie Chronicle.
After all the exposition we have given of
the Hebrew code, of its institutions and its
positive ehactments as settling the intent
Of the law, our Pro-Slavey friends will still
say-.There it is, plainly written in the
divine law" "Of the heather shall we
buy bondmen." Ignoring every thing else
we must join issue upon the meaning of
tcrms--so our friends will have it. While
we pledge ourselves to abide the result of
this issue, we are very certain our friends
will not--"Therea Spldinly'--Lcv. XIV,
A-46. rn' " lI ir#9f l'tH'
You drive the ipapist by reason, by the
evidence OF youI, senses, BY ,analegyebs the
law of symbol and figure, from his dogma,
and when confounded he flies to his strong
words-"iioc est n,sum corpus Their it
is-his transubstantiation: And here ends
the argument. But he still believes So
of Slavery. Behind few distorted and
tyrant-ridden terms, it makes its retreat;
and like the Ostrich hides its head in the
sands of its own Babel of words and so
feels safe, since through the medium of its
vision its conscience cannot be reached.
Perhaps we should give them the benefit
of one other thing of which they are very
fond when hurting upon our heads their
terms terrible They all say Slavery prevail
ed, like the food, every where: And more
| it existed very early We doubt not it
existed as early as Nimrod, if he were the
first man-thief Would this not help muir
der very much ? Cain lived and murdered
before the days of Slavery, and therefore,
murder is more venerable Our friends
must have the benefit both of terms and
history r-,.
TERMS OF THE HEBREW CODE.
Perhaps since there can be very little
logic in philology, we may as well begin with
the term Forercr. This, with our friends,
is kind of pivotal term. If shareholders
can only have their Slaves forerer, they can
easily settle all incidental appendages. They
can make all the buying and selling, and
even stealing and whipping too, to suit the
Institution peculiar
The Hebrew term Olim translated frere.
is used of time in almost every conceivable
sense: ........
/. 1t is applied to the eternity of the
Supreme Being. ''From everlasting to ever
lasting thou art God. Ps. 80. .. Eternity
past as well as eternity to come. The SUBJ
ject demands this sense. ..1.. ..r..
2, OF time past, or 'Jormer time" as
Gen. 6. 4. There were giants in the earth
in those days Of OIL (Ohm)-men of re-
nown. And ps. %. o. ''They tender lner-
cies--for they have bun Of Old (OHm
3. Often uaed of the. life time of man
and of the term OF holding an office, or OF
discharging its functions. As |. Sam. l.
ID Hannah. giving her son Samuel to tho
Lord says-''Ihat he may appear before the
Lord aud there abide .torerer, (Ohim.) The
nature of the subject limits here.
A IL ,nl N 30, bn ,ft .,
Old Testament dispensation and used IN
regard to all its temporary rites, as Of Of the
passover, circumcision, sacrifices, &C., till the,
: should be abolisbed-till the New Testa
ment jubilee of the gospel should bring the
year Of release. Referring to circumcision
} Gen. II. 13. I'm your flesh for an ercyIast
inq covenant" And in Lev. 10. Is. "A
statute former (OHm,) These ceremonial
: institutions together with the code of ser
! vitude constituted II system, the whole o.
J which bore upon its face the temporar,
character of every particular arrangement
The meaning of the term in this connection
Is, "to tie end Of the period ..t'.-
5. 1t sometimes means simply, lon,
, time as Joshua, 4. I, ''And these stone
$ shall be for a memorial unto the children o
Israel forerer, Otim This memorial, be
ID ing a loose heap of stones loosely and hastil
4 thrown together, could not have survived q
el a visible monumentfor avery considerabl
i period The structure, at best, was bu
t merely temporary. a N...t-. -.|...
e The term forever occurs some hundred
o of times and is always to be limited by tn
y subject with which it stands connected
:, In FIX 81. 6, where the reference is I
is the seryantof Hebrew birth, forever extent
e to the Jubilee This is the end of the perio
d to which it extends. So in Lev 25, a
g. where the servant referred to is of the stral
l. ger, the term ofservice is to the jubilee: an
le meaning of (Oan,) is, sto The end of Il
I'd period" This will appear the more clear
ne by reference to a passage whose subject al
in connection demand term signifying pe
tn petuity, and nothing else. Such we have
nd this same Chapter 1.s
as The lands Of the Hebrews could not
yh sold forever; or, as with us, by alienatil
nd forever the title of the seller to the buyt
en- his heirs and assigns forever. They cou
be sold to the jubilee only. "The land sh
cir not be sold forerer; for the land is mine
an verse 23 Here the term is not Otim; a
'er why? Simply because the subject require
,re corresponding ternl-a term whose spec
zen meaning is oe,petuity, contemplating no t
of minating period. The land shall not
ng thus sold .iorerer, (Tsemith, J to pe,petuiy
ite This is the term used here; and it sett
nd the meaning of the prohibitory law of la
nd sales which the other term would not.
,sic Again, where an exception to the rule
lal. land sale is designed or, proviso is ins
ted, as in the case of houses in walled cit
ees which might be sold and the title transfe
the to the purchaser, by fee simple perpet
alienation on the part of the seller, the
responding and appropriate word is used
a =, in the 3Oth verse ''The house that is ia
Wv Wv walled city shall be established fort
,ssd sUd (7semsth, to him that bought it through
cen cen his generations; it shall not go out in
jubilee, -
" These two Hebrew terms are of very
ferent import. dim, signifies time hid
our or time indefinite, which of itself set
zen. nothing but depends upon its subject,
If, " connection, to fix the extent ofthe durati
't,' Hence. in every instance in which it is u
. in connection with Hebrew servitude it
ions means--''to the. end of the period. -
hat other term is definite, and of itself set
,pu- lis meaning, which IS pe,petuiiy, strictly
On only, and il applied to Slavery would pr
yen- It to be perpetual institution; but il
de- never used to define Hebrew servitude.
EN- The conclusion, in connection with
hev institution Of jubilee, is irresistible
~ bond servant of the heathen served fill