TO the People of Mississippi.
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FELLOW CITIZENS BY an act OF
Providence l have been Unexpectedly
thrown before you as a candidate for
the office of State Treasurer.


In consequence ofthe recent death
of Charles G. Mayson, Esq, the late
incumbent in that office, the Executive
appointment has been rendered to. and
accepted by me; and from the urgent
importunities Of many Of my friends
and fellow citizens, and whose opin>
ions and counsels / was not at liberty
to disregard, | have been induced to
suffer my name to be announced as a
candidate to fill the important and re-
SPOnSible trust, at the ensuing Novem-
Der election: 1t is an office which, bv
the kind and unanimous sufrages of
my fellow citizens, given either per-
sOnally or by their Immediate Repre-
sentatives,) | filled for nearly eight
years, and Of the manner, fidelity and
PrOmPtltude, with which its arduous
duties were performed during that Pc
riod, the public are well apprized; and
of which it does not become me now
to speak. Suffice it to say that during
the whole of that period, except at
the first election, | never had anv op-
position. My declining health at the
time, and the consequent necessity for
some relaxation from public toll was
the principal causeof my voluntarily
Withdrawing all pretentions, for a time,
to the office. Not that | would be
understood, or intimate in the slightest
degree, that there are not other and
many individuals who could fill the
office with perhaps greater ability and
equal satisfaction to the public; but
simpl y mention these circumstances as
evidences of the light III which my Of
fetal conduct was held; and whether
il ever falls to my lot or not to serve my
fellow-citizens again, in this or any
other station, shall carry with me to
my grave a profound recollection OF
their past confidence, with unceasing
gratitude.


will only add, in conclusion, that
the shOrtness of the time, as well as the
duties of the office, which are every
day increasing, preclude me the pleas
ure | should otherwise feel in visiting
many Ofmy old friends and acquain-
ces, in the different sections Of the
State; but conscious that I possess
no feeling or interest apart from theirs
| shall cheerfuIly submit my claims in
to the hands of generous people a.
mong whom | have constantly resided
for the last twenty-five years.


JAMES PHILIPS.


Jackson, October Sd, 1887.