Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-09-12

10 the Judges; he shall also bring him TO
the door or unto the doo--post; and his
master shall bore his ear through with an
awl and he shat SerOe him forever. -
| (Exod. 81 5, 6.) With this law before
his eyes what Christian can believe that the
Almighty attached immortality or sin to the
condition of slaveryl
The treatment of slaves, especially as It
regarded the degree of correction which
the master might administer, occurs in the
same ctapter,as as follows 'It man smie
his servant or his maid with a rod, aud he
die under his hand, he shall be surely
punished. Notwithstanding if he continue
a day or two he shat not be punished; for
he is his money!" (Exod. 81: 20, 2l.)
And again, II n man smite the eye of his
servant or the eye of his maid, that it per-
ish, he shall let him 60 free Tor his eyes
sake. And if he smte out his man servant
tooth, or his maid servants tooth, be shall
let him 60 free for his tooths sake.'--
(Exod. 81: 26, 27) Here we see that
the master was authorized TO use corporal
correction toward his slaves, within certain
limits. When immediate death ensued, he
was to be punished as the judges might de-
termine. But for all that came short Of
teis, the loss of his property was held to be
sufficient penalty.
The next evidence furnished by the d.
vine law appears in the peculiar and ad
mirable appointment of the Jubilee.
"Ye shall hallow the Gftieth year, and
proclaim liberty throughout all the land to
all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a
} Jubilee unto you, and ye shall return eUc-
ry man u~to lis possession, and ys shall
return eceru nun to his family" Uev,
25 lO) This enactment, however, did
not affect the slaves, because it only ex
: tended to the Israites who had ga posses
sion and a Iamily,' according to the orig
inal distribution Of the land among the
tribes. The distinction is plainly set forth
in the same chapter, namely:
"If thy brother that dwclleth by thee
be waxcn poor. und be sold unto thee
thou shalt not compel him to serve as a
bond servant, but as a hired servant and
as a soiourncr he shall be with thee, and
shall serve thee unto the year of Jubilee
ard then shall he depart from thee, both
, he and his children with him, and shall
return unto his own family, and unto the
possession of his fathers shall he return
For they are my srrvrnts which brought
forth out of the lane of Egypt, they shall
not be sold as bondaen, 3 M My bonL
; men and bon1ntaidS, mhtch htou shahhave
shall be Of tie hcalhen Mat are aou,sd 0b0u
you ofthcm shall ye bug bondmen onc
5 boaimajds. Moreover, of the children
OF the strangers that aO sojouym an0nG
, y0m, of them sta ye buy, and Of thei'
5 fam'ites that are ,OHh yo~, achich they bego
, IN your and, and they shall be your pos
t session. And ye shall take them as an IN
t heritancc for yopr children qfter you, t.
, inherit'thcm for possession THEY SHALL
G BE YOUR BoNDMEN FOR LIVER; but owe
= your brethren, the children of Israel, "
: shall not rule one over another with rigor
C For unto inc the children Of Israel arr
J servants /; they are my servants whom
9 brought forth out Of the land Of Egypt:
1 am the Lord your Cod Q4ev. %: 40
46, with Y. 55
t The distinction here made between tn
C temporary servitude of the Isralte and th
J., perpetual bondage of the heather race, il
i too plain for controversy. And this ex
y press and positive law furnishes the tru
r meaning of another passage which the ul
C ira abolitionists is very fond OF repeating
d "Thou shalt not deliver unto his maste
r the servant which is escaped from hi
II master unto thee he shall dwell wit
= thee, even among you, in that place whic
he shall choose, in one of thy gates whcr
g it Iiketh him best thou shalt not oppres
It him." (Deut. %; 10, l6) This evi
II dence must be referred to the case of
1t slave who had escaped from foreig
heatten master, and can not, with an
x sound reason, be applied to the slaves c
h the Israeltes themselves. For il is mani
II fest that if it were so applied, it woul
y nulify the other cnactments of the divin
II Lawgiver, and it would have been an al
II surdity to all the people that they shoul
u "buy bondmcn and bondmaids ofthe heath
l. en- and the stranger to be their possession
e and the Inheritance of their children 70
is ever" while, nevertheless, the slave
d should be at liberty 10 run away and be
s. come freemen when they please. 1t is tn