The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-07-10

ter are to establish and regulate the
Sabbatical year and the Jubilee.
The first seven verses provide
that every seventh year slIaIl be "a
sabbath of rest unto the land"
"Thon slraIt not SOW thy field nor
priile thy vineyard .
Tie sixth verse declares ''that
the A,bhat,h of the lairIsslml ne
'nftct t'for yo'i, for thee an,ltor thy
servant, and for thy maid, aud for
thy hired servant, and for the Atran-
ger that sojournetIl with thee"
From the eighth verse. inclusive,
to the end Of the chapter, the lin
subject is the jubilee, recurring
once to fifty years. and its hearing
ON the various branches of the lie
brew Commonwealth. The tenth
verse is in the following language.
viz: "And ye shall hall"w the il'-
tieth year, and proclaim liberty
throughout all the world unto all
the inhabitants thereof, it shall be
jubilee unlo you; and sc shall r..
turn every man unto his family.
The passage is often quoted as
evidence that slavery ceased among
the Hebrews every fifty years,
wh,r,as, taxing the whole chapter
together, it proves exactly the re
verse. In the first place, the hon !
servant, not II Hebrew, never had II
possession to which lie could re-
turn. In the next place the jnbi-
lee waI an institution for the bene-
ii of ,hc Hebrews only, from which
the bond servants of foreign blood
are expressly excluded. Tne 3J'h
to Adj ,rs,s, inclusive, read lis iol
lows:
"And if thy brother that dwel
leth hy thee he waxen poor ard b'
sold unto thee, thou shalt not com
pel him to serve IA a bond servant
| But as all hired servant, and as
suiourncr, hesIlalI be with thee, All,
shall serve thee until the year o
the jubilee.
| And then .shall lie depart from
tthce, boil. I've and bis children wi'l
4 him, and shall return unto his owl
family, and INTO the possesoion o
his fathers shall he return.
| For they are my servants, which
d, | brought forth ont of the land o
Egypt, they shall not be sold Al
bondsmen.
Thou shalt not rule over hin
with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.
Then comes the 44th. 45th, an'
46th verses, in the following words
viz:
Both thy hondmcn, and thy
bondmadi>, which thou shalt have
shall he of the heathen, that arr
round about you of them shall "
buy honlmen and hondnaids.
Moreover, Jf the children of th'
strangers that do soicurn anon:
you. ct them shall ye bny. and u
their families that are with you
WI ich they begat III your land; all
they shall bcyo'ir poasession.
And ye shall take them ~ an in
herltance for your children attc
: Won, to inherit them for IL posses
sion; they shall be your bonlme
forever; but over your bretiIrel
the children of Israel, We shall 1T
> rule one over another with ri gor.
Is it possible for language NOR
clearly to declare that, while til
Hebrew servant was to be set fIe
t in the year of jubilee, the bondme
and hondmuids of foreign bloo
might be held US "bondmen fol
t ever?" -.- -.-,
If there were any room for donl
; on this subject, it would he solve
) hy the 4tl verse of the 24tlrclial
ter of Exodus, in which it is pro
: vidcd that il the master of the lie
brew servant "have given him
wife and she lake borne him son
or daughters, the wife and her chiI
! dren sha.l he her mastei's, and sh
: shall go out hy himself" But
> the husband and father prefer re
manning in servitude with his wifi
. and children, it is provided (vers
9TH that his m lster shall blin
: him unto the judges he shall ais
: bring him unto the ,.n0r or unit
. the door post; and his master sha
; bore his ear tnrUagh with an aw
and he shall serve him forever"
: 1t hence appears that when
master had given his Hebrew vel
: want a wife, the wife alml chiIdre
were not to he free with the hns
band and father, who might, if h
, chose, remain a servant with then
not to the year OF jubilee only, Lu
FoRIvER F' '
F., A practical illustration of tn
} meaning Of these provisions,
: found IN the 94th chapter of Jer'
J Mial 1t seems that the Jews ha
/ fallen into the practice of disr,
, garling .he law, ami holding the
/ Hebrew brethren in bondage MOI
: than six years. Onbeing require
. to comply with the law they ha
l. done su, and set their Hebrew SO