The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-01-19


of the community must be adequately tes-
titled against crimes, the warning to evil
does and the assurance of protection to
them that do well must be unequivocal,
or the government swervcs from its duty
and betravs its trust.
Such is the fair Interpretation of those
provisions in the law of Moses, and those
passages in the other scri riptureS, which in
si$t ON the necessity Of Furnishing the
criminal in certain cases 50 that the land
may not be dciiled
| refer, for example, 10 the law OF Mo-
scs for the punishment of murder. (Num.
XXxv., 30-3l) That law is given III
connection with the law for the insiltu-
ton OF cities Of rctuge-:m arrangement
wisely designed to colnteract, and ulil-
matc!v eradicate that barbarouS practice
of individual vengeance for homicide,
which the i>raeIiics had inherited, and
which always exists where public justice
fails 1t provides fer the Judicial tria!
and l,gtl punishment of the murderer;
and the duty of exacting his life. stcrnly
and without ransom, a> the only equiva-
lent for the life which he has DESTROYED, l.
enforced by the consideration. $50 shall
We not poiiute the land wherein yc are,
for blood ii ,lcliIeth the Land; the Lnd
cannot b, clc,n>cd of the blood that is
shed 'hcrtin Jut by the blood of him !ha
shed it. Dciiie not. therefore, the land
which he shall inAabii, wherein dwell. -
\ similar use of l;,neIlagp is found in 9TH
er laws where the guilt OF innocent bio,d.
or some other crime unpuni>jIel, Is repre-
>entcd as injecting the soil with pollution,
10 be expiate,l. Ueyit. XVIII, 81 ..
Deut. XlX., 1912 anl XXI, l-S)
The same image is used in P>. CyI. IS
where the p>aImist, describing the corrup-
ton and barbarian into which the Israeli
licS fell after tlrir occupation OF th,i:
promise. l.land. SAYS: "Tne land was poi
iutrl with blood and adds, " therefore
was the wrath OF the Lord kin.lIcI agains,
hi, people, iH-omuch that he abhored HI
own inhrrt,nce." Isaiah, too, (NNvl..
ID employs the same image, when, Ii
hi> own most characteristic style, he de-
>cribts Gods terrible diSp!ra>ure at III,
prevalence OF unpuni>hel AMI cver-grow
niE Violence: beho!d IL" Lord comet.
"iI o' HIS pace 10 punish liie iiliia'iahE
"i the eartl i'r their i"ilWt!; 'ne t'Fti
Us" shall disclose her blood. and shall lie
morr cover hrr sam. The p"IIo>ophI'
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