The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-12-05

then his master shall also bring him uuto
tae judges he shall also bring him to
the door, or unto the door post and his
master shall bore his ear through with an
awl, and he shall serve him forever. Aud
if a man sell his daughter to be maid.
servant, sho shall not 90 out as the men.
servants do. And if man smite his SER
want or his maid with rod, and he die
under his hand, he shall be sorcIy punish.
ed. Notwithstanding if he continue a
day or two, he shall not be punished, for
he is his money.
And If a man smite the eye Of his SER
want, or the eye of his maid, that it per.
ish, he shall let him go free for his eyes
sake, And if he smi.e out his man-ser-
wants tooth, or his maiJ-servants tooth he
shall let him go free, for his tooths sake.
Leviticus. 25-44.45-46. Both thy
bondmen and thy bondmaids, which thou
shall have, shall be of the heather, that
are round about you of them shall ye
buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover
Of the children of the strangers that do
sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy
and of their families that are with you,
which they beget in your land and they
shall be your possession. And ye shall
take them as an inheritance for your
children after you to inherit them for a
possession, they shall be your boudmen
forever; but over your bretheren, the
children of Israel you shall not rule one
over another with rigor.
Joel, 3-8. And will sell your sons
and your daughters into the hand of the
children of Judah, aud they shall sell
them to the Sabians to a people far of,
for the Lord hath spoken it.
Is it true that the Christian Church Of
the United States, have done more for the
abolition Of slavery than they have done
for its justification and pcrpetuation? So
far as my information goes the Christian
Church of the Southern States, justified it
and held that it was not incompatible
with Christianity, and even the clergy
men were accustomed to teach slavery.
while teaching religion. To teach the
slaves, that in order to be good christians
they must be good servants (slaves), and
to quote the above passages Of Scripture
to those poor slaves i'll justification oi
their enslavement, and of the accursed
institution.
cannot say as much to be sure, Of
the northern branch Of the church but
think even that cannot 60 free. We
shall not soon forget the course taken by
DR.. Lord, Of Montpelier. Judge Redfeld
and many other eminent christian people
OF New England as expressed in their
writings and speeches just previous to,
and don't know but III ght say, during
the recent rebellion. Their views thus
expressed almost wholly considering with
those Of their southern brethren.
The Bible code of slavery is said to
have been established by God himself.
But it is said there was year OF jubi-
lee provided for. Let US see what kind
OF a jubilee that was | think this pro-
vision is confined to the enslavement OF
Israeites only. If a man being slavc
had wife and children, the wife having
been married after he entered slavery he
could only have his choice then, between
having his ear bored through (as beast
and then remain in perpetual slavery
with his family or 60 out free alone leav-
ing his family in perpetual bondage
This is also provision for cases when II
man puts out the eye &C.. of a servant By
smitlng that the servant so smitten shall
60 free for his eyes sake. 1t will BE-
perceived that there is here no provision
for the punishment of the guilty party
but the servant shall 60 free. Free from
what? Free from pay. Free from any
compensation for his life Of toll. Free
from any provision for his support in his
declining years. Free from the society
Of his wife aud children whom he loved
Free is it? After having his eyes put
out by brutal owner, perhaps old and
decrepid, then turned out doors to beg or
starve aud die by the road side for aught
we can know. Is this kind of freedom or
this kind ofjubiee to be priced ?
Ii were slave should think the
less of this kind of freedom and Jubilee
the better. But this kind of freedom
and jubilee whatever merits or dement's
1t may possess, does not apply to the
stranger that might sojourn among the
lsraelites. Then slavery was to be per.
petual from generation to generation for
ever.
In view Of this scripture and and these
remarks let me ask you in all candor Mr..
Bailey is Mrs. Slocum all together out OF
the way in claiming that the Bible and
christianity had stood in Mr.. Garrison's
way in his efforts to lift up the down
trodden. LEAvrrr WILKINS.
Rutland, w., Nov. 22d 1871.