Daily national Democrat., 1859-07-29
The Lecomptonites and the Jews.
The San Francisco News publishes the fol
lowing with the subjoined comments:


lowing with the subjoned comments:
JAMES II. HARDY AND THE HEBREws.-
j. Ii. Hardy, whom the Lecomptonites have
nominated for District Judge, and who is
now travelling through the State indulgng
in low, vulgar, and Infamous language abu.
sive of Mr. Broderick and the anti -Lecomp-
ton Democracy, is likely, with his entire
crowd and party, to receive a severe rebuke
from our Hebrew fellow citizens We refer
to card in another column signed "Many
Israelites"
The following is the card referred to -
MEssRs. EDToRs: In your issue of the 2lst
inst, Calaveras correspondent, in giving an
account of public meeting at Mokelumne
among other things says that James Ii. Har.
| dy, candidate for District Judge, STATED that
a report had been put in circulation that he
had in some trial in court used abusive Ian
guage about the Jews He further stated
that he had requested Mr.. Benjamin, of San
Andreas, to inquire of Judge Heard if snch
charge was true, and the Judge had respond
ed by denying that he (Mr. Hardly had ever
used such language in his court"
We desire small place in your paper to
place this matter in proper light before the
people of Calaveras and Amador 1t is pos
sible Judge Heard may have forgotten what
Mr.. Hardy did say on the trial referred to-
There were many Israelites in the court at
the time, and Mr.. Hardy's remarks were ia.
ken down by several persons, and numerous
copies were preserved and are still in exist
ence. Mr. Hardys malignant and unpro-
yoked insult to the people of our faith was
much commented upon at the time and is not
forgotten by the Israelites of Sacramento
1t is but justice to add that Mr.. Hardy's COM
ments upon the Jews "as a class" appeared
to receive the disapprobation of every Chris
tan who was in the court room at the time
We will not use the testimony of any Israel
lite as to the correctness of the transcript Of
what Mr. Hardy did saw but shall refer with
confidence to every Christian who was in the
court and heard Mr. Hardy's argument to
the jury at the time referred to. Many of
the jurors reside in the country, and their
certificate as to the correctness of our tran
stript cannot be obtained without some diff
Guilty. We have obtained the certificates
of every juror who resides in the city, as
well as of the Associate Justices who were
on the bench at the trial. We append these
certificates
The case was the trial of man charged
with rape upon Rosa Lee, daughter of Mrs.
Marx. 1t was tried in the Court of Sessions
f of this counry, on the 23d of April, 1857.
Frank Hereford the District Attorney, con-
Quoted the prosecution; we refer to him for
the correctness of what has been transcribed
e and preserved of Mr.. Hardys remarks w.
I II. Weeks was the counsel associated with
Mr. Hardy in the defense; we refer to him
S. N. Baker and G. G. jerks were the Asso-
ciate Justices; we refer to them. Tie Jury
e were George Virgins, Thomas McDonough
/ II. Habal, l.. IL. Foote, S. d. Carkhuff A
/. Kipp Thomas Paden, J. II. Pratt, j. r. Hack
EFT, E. 7. Cole G. j. Caldwell, and L. Frink
and we refer to them.
J. In the case on trial at the above date tn,
: copies preserved of Mr.. Hardy's remarks
b read as follows:
"Lous Marx, a Jew step father of the in
jured girl, was the chief witness. Mr. Jame
IL. Hardy, was counsel for the defend
E ant In his argument he said: "There ar,
la other reasons why you should not beliey,
- him (MarX). He is a Jew-he belongs to
class who cannot be believed on oath The,
er cannot and will not be believed on oath il
A. Christian communities lie belongs to tina
class who, by perjury, swore away the life o
i the Savior OF the world 1T follows tn,
- race and their children, and if they swor
,r away the life of one of the bestmen that eve
Iy lived, would you, gentlemen of the Jury, be
d. lieve them under oath ? They would swea
a away the life and liberty of any man."
Of We have no desire to make any comment
upon this language of MIR. Hardy. 1t wa
ie the subject of so much acrimonious feeling a
= the time it was uttered that we would prefe
to let it be forgotten, it were not that MI
1 Hardy seems desirous of denying and dis
e proving what he once said
- The following is copy of the certifcat
4 of the Associate Justices and of every juro
upon whom we have called, as to the correct
II ness of the transcript of what Mr. Hardy di
say;
"Our names being referred to in the aboy
q communication, and having been called upo
= to substantiate the correctness of the abov
- report of Mr.. IIardys remarks in the cas-
a referred to, we would state thai the report
1t in substance correct, to the best of our rC
N collection
\ "(Signed: S. N. Baker, G. Q. jerks, A,
- sociate Justices of Court of Sessions, Apri
~ 1851; L. Frink, H. IIabal, L. j. Foote, Eliza
lis 1. Cole, Thomas Paden, Jurymen"
to Weare proud to live in this country tina
knows not religious distinctions among it
cltizens-a country great and prosperous bt
, cause 1t Is liberal and free. We cannot an
I'd do notascribe to this Government or to an
Id very large number of its citizens the feeling
ed of unrelentlng hostility to the people of ou
l. faith which characterize the Insulting re
- marks of Mr.. Hardy.
III MANY IsRAELIrEs.
Sacramento, July 22d 1862