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Show 'People and T Events IN THE PUBLIC EYE. James Jackson, the man who was expelled from the Second Reform Pre-byterian Pre-byterian Church of Boston because heN had taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, is a native of Ire- , land, and came to this country about fifteen years ago. He lived in New York, in Pittsfield, Mass., and finally settled in Boston as a dry goods merchant. mer-chant. In 1895 he bought a store in Cambridge, Mass, and has since con 101 l I -i j (i JAMES JACKSON, ducted a successful business there. Mr. Jackson did not become a citizen because he thought it his duty to dc so. He took out naturalization papers for the purpose of securing a passport for his wife, who wished to visit her old home in Ireland, and to save her from annoyance at the hands of immigration im-migration agents. He never intended to vote, and acted only in behalf of his wife's comfort. Mr. Jackson say he will not renounce his allegiance, now that he has become a citizen, but so long as he lives up to this intention he must remain outside the pa e 01 me Reformed Presbyterian church, in the eyes of which the Constitution of the United States is an infidel and "immoral" "im-moral" instrument of government. |