The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-05
CANADA

What we anticipated in a former number in re- gard to Canada, has rather more than come to pas. The excitement has gone beyond our calculations in point of time, and also in regard 10 its quantity momentum, operation and immediate results
 Our space will not permit chronicle in full de- tail of the events which have recently transp.rod there. but we make summary notice Tor ali
 The "libersI party" comprising all the French population, considerable portion of the Irish, and all original l" Yankees or their descendants, are now politically in the ascendant; and tbis liberal aseeBdancy has the favor, counteuance aud sup- port Of the home goyernment;' the which fact has not been by any means easy of digestion by the especial loyaliss, consisting of English, Scotch. and their descendants, with the addition of Irish Orange-men and their descendants, the nheritors of their special loyalty
 This division of parties gives us at once view of the case, Involving the tor oontestl ol and creeds, as between the contending parties be- ing opposed to the British government, but ia dif- ferent degrees aud for opposite reasons.
 The Liberals are, they always have been, 0p- posed to British rule; the Tories, Loyssts. have always had the opposite idea, and acted in eosS's tency with it. yet it was but the other day they burnt down the colonIsl house of parliament, with it's library, (the most valuable the American continent and all the archives of the two Canadas contained in the public Repositories
 Thus did very brief space of time suffice ia de- \ in the distant future, would be much valuable, in ali probability, than their present weight in gold The insane fury, however, of party spirit, highly excited, as in this case, knows pity, fcsls no truth, and has idea of day of retrbalioG, or of repentance for deeds of illegal violence, desirue- ton and devastation.
 In this there is what we might perhaps esl a national anomaly. The rioters, the desiroyers al the public property, the defiant opposers of the British authorities in Canada, (and. by fair mpi- cation, of the home geyernmeBi) are the special loyslists and supporters of that British supfn macy which their colonial opponents repadsate in principle and are anxious to repudiate in prsciice an anxiety which they would be glad of aa opPo'- 1 tunity to gratify.
 1 This opportunity they are likely to have pre- sented to them, (strangely sDough by their coioh'a i opponents. who stand In of the strsngest pre- dicaments of any party whose history is matter 0' record The home government isevidentiy ID isfef of the liberalists, as being ia the majority and hs loyasts special, or per se are annually under tis weaiher;" and in fset we do not, for tha. FeasoH wonder at their wrath though ws regret the eAlens { and character of its practical manifestation. 1 From what we have hero said rsadcrs wib ; perceive that this same Canada question has bs' come a very knorty one; 6ut however dihe ihal be it's solution now, t is certain that not only S' of this country, but the people and the goyefnmeHh of all others cannot fail to feel interest in H.
 is, in fact, only one amongst many oi me h"P" tant demonstrations oi the general desire is s'ssa cipation from civil lhraldom; and, to the seei' cuarities or characteristics of The case. they s snch--and sach Only--as spring naturally out % pre-exis.ing circumstances.
 We'll, what shall we say Shall we prophecy
 predIcth No--we prefer to walt for and watch laa current of eyenIsa heavy curfeat" at thsL s' {"
 is likely to be.ahd keep our readers dnly aas'sSS '
 brief as touching iis course, force and drectlSh.
 As to our national duty in this mai.er' tt h'O''es merely ii,s idea of neatra spectator. Neihef 9'' government nor any individual person W
 citizen population legally interfere 'h 'hai "4
 iional aud colonial family quarrel, Wemhy y"
 pathise tand, if we please, express our syinPsihl
 with either party but we may not comm" s'
 overt act of interference. In truth, there s 10 hs
 Of it, on our part, ana are happy to observe u there Is no disposition that way, eithef s0s@A mental or individual Pbiia. Ledger