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U, _JUDGE MAURY'S J,• Clr.CU4.4R.. aFellow Citizens—Being a candidate for ((e the lt;tffice of Chancellor of the State of Mis- 0sissippi, I have thought it proper to furnish l(0 you with some little informafion in relation q' to myself, which may possibly assist those of j, 11 you who are unacquainted with me, in form- 0 '• ing an opinion of my character and qualifica- „0 lions.isand Judicial txperience, and general chaiac-ter as a citizen, whether or not I am entitled g to your support. The office is one of high id dignity and honor, and involves in ita admin-istration the m-st important private rights and interests, and, in some degree, the wel-. fare and prosperity of the State. And I can only say, that, in-the event of my election, I lt would endeavor to discharge its duties in such i, a manner as might compoit with its elevated p, character and claims, and subserve the great a purposes contemplated in its establishment.j JOHN M. MAURY.d I was born in Williamson County in the ) *• State of Tennessee: was educated at Harpeth Academy, under the tuition of the late Rev. (Gideon Blackburn, and studied law with ( John White, E*q., of Franklin, afterwards ( Judge White, of Alabama. In 1821, I emi- , grated to the State of Mississippi, and com-0 menced the practice of law in Warren coun- , ty. In 1824, I lemoved to Port Gibson, in j ,e Claiborne county, where I continued the practice of Law until the spring of 1827;1,1 when, having been elected by the Legisla* ture to the office of Judge ef the CriminalCourt of Adams county, I removed to the ^ City of Natchez, wher*‘ 1 resided about five he years, engaged in the duties of my Profession* and office. In the yeai 1833, being then a citizen of Holmes county, I was elected to'It the office of Judge of the Second Judicial *y District of the State, by the qualified electors sh ,of that District. 1 held that office about four years, when I voluntarily retired from the Bench, and settled in private life.f I have spent the better half of my life in B this State, and I am attached to it not only* by this long residence, the character of its l* citizens, and its civil institutions and laws,8* but also by many valuable social relations,Is and the dearest ties of affinity and blood. Mye inteiest is in all respects identified with your Jf interest, and my destiny, whatever it may be, is blended with that of the Stale and its citizens I should therefore be impelled by every consideration of patriotism, of gratitude, of self-interest, and self-respect, to devote my attention to the duties of the office; and e you would have, I should hope, at least asuf-ficient guaranty of my fidelity to the trust.0 It remains for you to determine from the bestIe information you may be able to obtain fromle the opinion of the Legislature in 1827, and that of a large portion of the people at a later r peiiod, expressed in the most unequivocal and flattering manner: from my Professionaltu From the Lexington
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State Rights and Democratic Union
Yazoo City, Mississippi, US
Wed, Oct 23, 1839
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