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its with modest pride that we
spreaentto our readers, this number Of
the Southern Journal. They can
discover that we have enlarged our
sheet considerably. Now we should
like to know what more we could do,
to entitle us to extended patrenage.-
Some nmy grumble, that we do not
give more particular account Of the
proceedings in our State Legislature.
II any such there be, let them read
the daily Mississippian, and satisfy
themselves that we are right. The
fact is, we begin to suspect strongly,
that wisdom will not die when the de.
cease ofall the members Of the legis-
lature occurs. According to our poor
judgment, the only redeeming quality
possessed BY that honorable body is,
that there are few members, who
have sense enough to be silent when
there il apothing to make a4speech a.
bout. We venture the assertion, that
the arguments we have heard often in
village debating societies, on the
grave question ofs.Pursuit or Posses
sion," are ten times more orthy Of
publication, than the nonsensical rau.
ting Of the windy politicians, who
have managed TO get seats in the lie,
gislature.


1t is almost but not altogst sther as
bad in Congress-, We are Nsorry 10
say it, especially at this juncture. 1t
is an old saying that"a barking dog
will not bite" Tojudge from some
speeches on the Oregon question, this
saying is very applicable, to a good
many members ofCongress. BY their
ridiculous bravado very hostile feel
ing is already sngendered towards our
country and governmental Great Brit.
ain, which will, we fear, Sc an almost
iosurmountable barrier to an AMIGA
Bile adjustment Of this matter. Indeed
an issue has already been made up
between the the two countries, which
threatens war. The folly Of either
country engaging in war, at this
time, induced US to believe that sure
. ly there would be none. But how
upon any fair terms an adjustment Of
the difficulty can now be made, we
cannot for our lives imagine. The
propositions which each government
has offered as the best it will do, have
been positively, and emphatically re
fused by the other. Now here is the
domineering old foe, planted in a po-
sition, antagonistical to the one which
our government has assumed. AT.
ter all the buster we have made, il
we shonld retreat from our ground,
our government and nation would
be caricatured in every prin, shop
in Europe, by the picture of a cow
ardly bully backing out. The French.
man would shrug his shoulders, and
say, "if that terrible old Gen. Jack.
son had managed matters he would
never have threatened more thaqf he
executed" When notice shall ave
been regularly given TO the fish
government that the joint occ, (Sy
ofOregcn no longer coatin, Of
course British forts, British tr ing
houses, and British subjects in hat
territory will come under our las Nor
our forts, trading houses and subjects
will be brought into subsection to the
British government. Then will come
the contest. England is we'll armed,
and would hurt us a good deal. "A
dozen Of those war steamers wouldvbe
sorry sight arrayed before a small