The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-01
FOR THE CAMDEN coNFEDERArE.1

the study of that great author in real eaes auger
goou 10 come OF it. 1t you will read and inwardly
digest the thoughts of Shakespeare he will teach vol,
to observe the injunction gave in the outset e, to
AVOID coniounding things, persons or IDEAS essen
TALLY unlike in fact he will teach you to distinguish
q hawke from o handsaw"
am Obliged to pronounce, that your proficiency
thus far in studying the great deneator is not sat
isiactory Shylock, you say, is well-known proto-
type, ana drawn by master hand Agreed, say /.
5 put prototype OF whom? That is question that
draws upon your powers OF discrimination and "de-
lneatlon,"if you please He is the prototype Of no.
body have spoken OF, or mean to speak of: Con.
slider and read:
Shylock represents an intense Hebrew-a genuine
ana lmphcaoe hater OF such persons as you are Mr..
Editor land hope amy that is "a pork eating Chris
tan, Though God knows the pork if not the Chris
tan, Is scarce enough now) He was an unsparing
usurer-an enthusiastic admirer of the morality current
between Jacob and Laben (somewbat like the ;noserv
OF tins happy day. sharp broker who paced tho
hlalto 10 eaten such jast young men as Antonio and
Ills cronles the owners Argosies and hunters of He
resses lie received their sneers their kicks and their
Guns ana became their sleepess and revengef enemy
lie even joined them at supper consen,ed To small
their pork, " in hate" (says he) "to feed upon the
prodiga Christian" The fast young men were re-
solved on lis ducas and for security the ceIohro.
pound of flesh" was pledged O, nortooged ShI
meant 10 humble the King of the Exchange tho shin
nabob OF Venice (the chief runner of the blocl.odo
'or ought know,) and he demanded from deliberate
hate and revenge generated by personal insntS ro;
forced by Theological odium and the hereSitar, md
exaggerated resentment of his race the execution of
his contract in its penal part even in lieu of his dn
cats thus showing how strong is revenge in such
even wnen IN conflict with the Ducat of
'enice or the almighty dollar of our regions
Now, please show where there is in the creditor T
lo spoken OF, single characteristic that draws him
lp'o the likeness of Shylock-that standard which
your Bellies Lettres reading has supplied ?
My man has not sought out the fast vouno man of
tiie hiato-has no special general hatred of the
Poheutng chrislian no revenge towards his
aeotor, theological personal national, or Otherwise
demands neither ducat dollar nor nopnd of Ae.h not
even pound of his debtors OK or hoo ta;nto6 NV
iresh-demands nothing, nominated in the bond or
not nomnated-demands not even the cocs thouob
ever so lesh or added, which lis Antonio has in the
common basket-nor is there any sbrewd Daniel como
to Judgment, to render to MAJ man any r;nIt ~ m.
redress whatsoever Have we not stop.iow9
wait Tor you to trace the likeness botwna, ,,o,,
"a, .he corn ana bacon seller, and that other char
acter drawn 10y the master hand mean tl,o, vo,;
tlan debor the gentle and chivaric Antonio r. n,,
can snow lhe relation of type and prootvne bctween
them, then shall proceed to refresh INV vieys Of th
Nielcnaht or ence." Certainly there was a court
open to Shylock and pretended to givo him bS
right. Revenge led him to overreacb himssif b, an
"npractcaolc mortgage-and yet the court trieI m
pay decent respect to the terms of the contract
oni VIVA. rehei TO the travail of that remarkable
tribunal it could have known the equality of Ven
tan Treasury Notes, aUhen to be Do;d bv n Jht J
only then, with ducats ' ; ~
~, A,i M our eggs are IN the same basket are thev?
no ~ oai'u anu nave strong belief tnat they will
S;"i NV ,. oe otokel Ihen why is you, man so peril
nacious IN trying to transfer his eoos to tho oo.
ol M MS ereuitor who lent him good eggs wears aoo9
why uoes ne SUR up this 'unseemy souabbleP" ?" Can
IL oe because he thinks kis eggs are unsound and would
IKE 10 get rid OF them as sound? Why not take tho
venture OF ms eggs, sound unsound in the ConGnd
crate oasketY Why did he not let his creditor hov
MS eggs at fair price when he knew thev were sound
WY has you, man such fresh born zeal TO nav
u,, ,a W. no" why was he so torpid years ago?
mere 5 'he ruo; answer; ard answer from vour CON
science and knowedge and not from a very caroIess
reading of Shakespeare ~ wy S'
'o.r hotlon OF Shylock leads YOU to smear Of tho
e Ia ATTRIBUTES sacredness to the obigation of oo,
tracts; mean fair contracts; contracts made undSr
DO ouresS ana no circumvention and therefore roou
,rus none Oh that special pleading" which YOU at
o', W o 'hcugh, CONFESS don't know what
you mean py special pleading as
from any other pleading. You know am M fawyor
anu all know about the science of PLEADING as nm
uerscooo oy lawyers, is what have heard then, Sow
.IaI IL IS science based on the closest logic
an hiaiiole means of sitting grains of wheat rom
oshes OF chaif certain delineator of nrecise nro
pcs'Ioh ana total foe and extermnator ofconfusion
h;1, ,, tlnSs or persons that horrible sin of loose
thinKers, writer's, preachers and printers
But to return to the idea that concerns tho oh,;o
ton OF contracts and Shyocks connection therewith
~ H%ehaer % unto Caesar the things that are Caesars !"
nu onyioch invent that injuucti n d? No State sbo
pass any Dill OF attander post acto law or law i'm
pairing .e obligation of contracts" Is that language
lve"'eu oy Shylock whose language is itY If the
co, ana bacon seller, if any debtor NAV violate tie
oohgatioh OF contracts by omission or commission
"ieneVei ne Jt'@s ms gam in such violation in one
mooe OF tne Other and skulk under the fac of patr
ot'sm or Shakespeare, or the Scriptures as p,ise -
then we had better remove tho above cited restraint
on otate power and allow the Legislature t6 orescrhe