The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-09-11
JUDGE JACKSON.

4uS COulEdl uSuT0 III CObefl6 OF
brilliant Virginia guests at the Ho-
tel Luray is the Hon. John ]. Jack
son, Judge of the U. S. District
Court of West Virginia. Few men
of antebellum times who were born
as early as 1926 are living today,
and every day of this distinguished
Virginian's life endears him TO all
who struggled for the integrity of
the Union and the honor and glory
of the proudest flag that ever waved
in peace or war.
When, in 1860, the secession of
the State of Virginia was urged,
John ]. Jackson, then a bright.
eyed, vigorous, young lawyer, saw
the danger that threatened the in
tegrity of the Union his forefathers
had fought for, and had the courage
to oppose his contemporaries who
urged the passage of the act.
In social after dinner chat last
night, Judge Jackson in referring
to this bit of history, said; al am
proud of the stand 1 took, and
would repeat the same act today,
only with a hundred fold more
vigor."
Judge Jackson comes from a dis
tinguished family of Yirginians
His grandfather, Hon. John G.
Jackson, was appointed Judge of
the United States District Court of
Virginia by President Madison. In
1861, soon after the civil war was
inaugurated, President Lincoln APP
pointed his grandson to the same
honorable Office and on the bench
dignifed by his illustrious grand
father the subject of this sketch has
sat for thirty four consecutive years.
Prior to the war, although
young man, Judge Jackson was
sent to the electoral college on four
presidential tickets. He was an
Old Line Wing, and cast the cleo
toral vote of his State for Scott,
Fillmore, Bell and Taylor, only one
of whom was elected. Taking sides
with the Union, when the war broke
out, he naturally drifted into the
Republican party and served it
faithfully. When peace was decIar-
ed and the carpet baggers secured
control of Yirginia's legislative
bodies and enacted the obnoxious
law which practically inhibited all
men from holding office who had
in the smallest degree aided the
rebellion, he jumped into the
breach which was destroying and
bankrupting his State, co operated
with the Democratic party and has
been in sympathy with that politi-
cal organization since that time.
Otherwise he might have continued
his utilization with the Republicans.
But Judge Jackson was a Virgin
ian.
When Gen Geo B. Mcclellan
was appointed commander in chief
of the Army of the Potomac and
marched into Virginia with 10000
men, Judge Jackson, then the
patriotic young lawyer, was the
first to meet him and offer him
sympathy and assistance. Indeed
he accompanied General Mcclellan
100 miles into the interior and
gave him much valuable informa-
ton he would not otherwise have
learned.
This is Judge Jackson's second
visit to the City by the Sea. He
is accompanied by his wife, only a
few years younger than himself and
with whom still remain the charm
of face and manner for which Vir-
ginia's beautiful daughters have al
ways been famous. A daughter,
Miss Lily Irene Jackson, completes
the family group at the Luray.
One interesting fact in connection
with Judge Jackson's long years of
service on the bench is the concur
rent association with him as clerk
of the Z. S. District Court of
Jasper Y. Moore for the same
number of years. Mr.. Moore has
been a visitor to Atlantic City and
the Luray for years.-Atlantic City
Daily Union.
A lesson in the wisest political
economy may be learned by a sur
vey of the Roman roads. They
were so planned and constructed
that evan IN dav THAR raDooinS ora