What is proposed, is nothing more nor less than to make Ireland a colony : to place her population precisely m tho position m which tea millions of tho Queen's subjects aro at this moment, and have been, most of them, for tho last 50 year 3, lo the immciißO mutual advantage of both England herself and of every colony concerned. This is all, and exactly all. Ireland is to havo the government of her internal affairs, just ns wo. She is to let alonß Imperial affairs, just v* wo In somo futuro time, it is thought poasible that her representatives may be seen at Westminster Hall, just as we. There is one difference only between vs — that of distance. Ireland is nowhere moro than a few hours' sail from England, and her nearest colony is still nine or ten days' off. Wo, her most distant, aro six weeks' sail. " Oh, but Ireland is all but m actual robcllion." No doubt sho i3 ; and it is ono of tho possibilities of tho future that before mnnv months arc over, sho may be moro than " oil' but." Suppose tho worst. People seem really to forget that there is such a placo as Canada. When tho Queen came to the throne, Canada was not " all but." Tho ro bellion had broken out, and tho story of tho events which led to it present a striking parallel— certainly not a weaker parallel to tho last 70 or 80 years' story of mutters m Ireland. It really does seem necessary to remind people that Lower Canada— the scene of the rebellion— was not originally British. A hun dred years ago she wns ceded to us by Franco. Her population was French, as it is French still. At tho time of the cession our retiring enemy left behind him sympathisers, who did their beat to keep tho country m n, stato of perpetual turmoil. Tho English had at least the excuse of eaying that no other remedy was offectivo, and deported tho population wholesale. 