Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-08-03

as rector OF Washington and Lee
University, position in which he
rendered valuable services until
the close OF his life.
In 1855, in need of rest from the
labors and confinement of his pro-
fession and other exacting duties, he
removed to Rockbridge and settled
at "Glenwood, where he resided
until 1866, supervising his iron fur
mace and large farming operations.
In 1860 he was one of the electors
of the Constitutional Union party,
and was chosen president Of the
Electoral College which cast the
vote OF Virginia tor Bell and
Everett; the first time in its history
after the formation of the DemOcra-
tic party that the vote of the State
was against the Democratic PreSi-
Dental nominees.
He took profound interest in the
events and questions which led up
to the Civil War. He had been
Wing. He had inherited a strong
devotion to the Union. He earnest
ly urged such measures and poll
cies as would prevent war and the
disruption of the Union. And yet,
when he believed an unjustiiiable
and unconstitutional war of coercion
was precipitated upon Virginia, he
advocated and justified the course
adopted by her convention. In
May, 1861, he was elected TO the
House of Delegates where he was
distinguished for his zeal and abil-
ity in the interest of our army in
the field, and of our people at home.
He was elected again in 1865, but
never took his seat, the orderly
government OF Virginia having
been destroyed, as one Of the re-
suits OF war.
Judge Anderson came of vigor-
Gus, long-lived race. When he re-
turned to the bar in 1869. at sixty
, years Of age, he was at the noon
tide OF his strong manhood, ply ST
cal and intellectual; and in March,
1870, he was chosen one of the
JUDGES of the Supreme Court OF Ap-
: peals of Virginia, a position which
I he held until January !, 1888
From the first Judge Anderson
Il pln
J. Judge along with the great jurists
: with whom he was associated. THE
4 very right of the cause" was his
a controlling guide. This once dis
a covered, nothing short of overw hel
J. ming authority of precedent anC
s decision could dislodge him; con
:. trolled as he was by a great prin
If ciple happily expressed by anothe
|. great Judge: Show me the right O
}. the cause, and l will show you tn,
d law of the case" His motto wa
: Fiat justicia, ruat COelum."
l. BY his forcs of character no les
= than by the power of his logic. h
made an impress upon the juris
s prudence of his State which viii
a long survive the age in which h
l. lived, and the generation he serve
v so well.
II Truly in the language OF the resc
d buttons OF the Virginia bar, "Judg
h Anderson was the highest type {
It our profession. He was Chris
h tian jurist, singularly fair and W
re- right as a man. He had studio
, the human heart and that law
X whose seat is the bosom of God an
a whose voice is the harmony of tn
le world.
ic On the 30th of November, 1885,
or within a few days of his 10Th birth
day, at the end of a well-rounde
Or life of usefulness and honor, h
s. came to his grave in a full age
is like as shock OF corn cometh in hi
of season." and was buried beside hi
H. beloved wife in the beautiful cemt
W terry at Lexington.
ne Judge Anderson, to those VIII
were privileged to know him, was
g. strikingy handsome mln. Nj
ID Writ Henry said of him:
in No one could look upon the maj
Or ly beauty of his face without recos
n nizing his benevolent nature shir