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1t IS known
to you that the Legislature at its regular ses-
sion established The District Chancery
Court of Mississippi" and required that the
Governor should appoint VICE CHANcEL-
LoR to organize and hold the court at Colum-
bus, for the counties of Lowndes, Noxube,
Octibbeha. Winston, Neshoba and KEN
per; at Fulton for Itawamba, Tishamingo
Pontotoc, Monroe, and Chicasaw at Car
rolton for Carroll, Holmes, Choctaw, Yal-
lobusha and Tallahac HE. and at Holly
Springs for Marshall. Tippah, Lafayette.
Pamela. Coahoma, Tunica and Deso:o and
to hold The office until the election in No
vember next


The appointment thus required to be made
was rendered to and accepted by me without
solicitation on my part, and | entered imme-
diately upon the discharge Of its duties
Having received the office by appointment
from the Governor and put the Courts into
successful operation, am anxious to obtain
it by the voice of the People at the ballot
OOX, ana nave become Cdnuludte IoT elec-
tion


My duty and inclination prompt me to
make myself known to the voters of the
District, but its size-twenty-thre counties
and the duties of the office, which kept
me in Court until The middle of July. pre-
clude the possibility of doing so; | have
therefore addressed you in this form but will
also pass through as many of the counties as
/ can before the election, and thus afford an
opportunity of becoming personally known
to you.


thrust that am duly impressed with the
exalted station and the heh hly responsible and
arduous duties OF the office asked of you and
aIthoug b my vanity even. will not allow me
to lay claim to the profound and extensive
legal knowledge. ripe judgment and just
discrimination requisite to discharge its du-
ties with distinction: yet / have been indu
ced to ask the office ofthe people by having
been made to believe that in disc ha rging the
duties heretofore. have given general sat
isfaction and that too under the trying cir
cumstances of organizing, for he first time
an independent Chancery Court for North
Mississippi and deciding large number of
causes. many of which were important. both
on account of the principles and amounts in
volved in them.


Being personally unknown in large
position Of the District, l deem it not improp-
er to say to you. that | reside IN Holly
Springs, Marshall County. where settled
at an early day. after the organization of
the Chickasaw couniry-am married. and
have famiIy-and up to the time appoint
cd Vice Chancellor. had been thirteen years