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Southern Argus
Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi
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Political commentary on the establishment of a U.S. District Court in northern Mississippi at Pontotoc, including appointments of Marshal A.G. Weir and an unnamed attorney, amid maneuvering by Judge Trotter to secure positions and favor Van Burenites, disappointing Columbus.
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Judge Trotter has exhibited his talent of managing in this matter. The growing commercial importance of North and North-Eastern Mississippi, rendered it necessary that a District Court of the United States should be established. Mr. Walker of the Senate, has been ill for some time, and all the managing for Mississippi devolved upon Judge Trotter, who has certainly managed as adroitly as another little man, Martin Van Buren, could himself. Commend us to little men for management--they are magicians every inch of them! First and foremost, this important Judicial location was made at Pontotoc, a small village nearly one hundred miles from the great metropolis of North Eastern Mississippi, Columbus. This location, of course will strengthen the Judge in that section of the State. Secondly, to please the Whigs of Columbus, by throwing them a sugar plumb, A. G. Weir, Esq. of this city, was appointed Marshall, an appointment which we certainly cannot condemn. Thirdly, an individual of this place, whose residence in the State is, we believe, less than two years, and who has only made himself conspicuous by being a wide mouthed Van Burenite, is,--to please and silence "the party" here, who feel the injustice done them by locating the Court in an out-of-the-way place, appointed Attorney. Fourthly, it was thought proper that the present Judge of the United States Court, should preside in both districts--for the present at least--that should, peradventure, Judge Trotter fail in his election for Senator this winter, he could be provided with a comfortable seat on the bench of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. We do not, and indeed nothing could induce us to say that all these things have been managed as described above, but we think that to even a common observer there is an "awful squinting" that way. At all events, Columbus has been managed out of the location of the Court, and a Van Buren friend of ours has been managed out of the appointment of the Judgeship.
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Pontotoc, Mississippi
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u.s. district court established at pontotoc; a. g. weir appointed marshal; unnamed van burenite appointed attorney; existing judge to preside over both districts temporarily; potential fallback judgeship for trotter if he loses senate election.
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Due to the commercial growth in North and North-Eastern Mississippi, a new U.S. District Court was established at Pontotoc, far from Columbus. Judge Trotter managed the process, appointing A. G. Weir as Marshal to appease Whigs in Columbus and an inexperienced Van Buren supporter as Attorney to placate locals. The current judge will preside over both districts for now, possibly to secure Trotter a position if he fails in his Senate bid this winter. The article suggests political maneuvering favoring Van Burenites.