The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-23
D. i. CHANDLER, The c,othier.

Her knowledge of business was very
remarkable. and it is stated on bigh
authority that her personal attention
was pever absent from the admins
.ration of the affairs of State, and
that while y;eiding entirely to the
course of constitutional Government.
she impressed her own views aud
wishes very deeply upon the policy
of her various ministers knowledge
is power, even in Courts and Cabi
nets, and sovereign whose mind Is
| a store house of political history and
precedepts necessarily affects, and
frequently in very important degree,
the action of successive generations
of ministers That this influence in
Queeu Victoria's case has been 80
judicioualy and discreetly exercised,
is striking proof her political wis
dom
Wb., wondroos change since Queen
Vic.or,. ssceuded the throne. What
change. in the sosdition Of peoples.
What a soodrous march in science and
literature What msrvelloas growth
snd development everyvhete
On the eoo,inect Of Europe there Vas
. civil gar io spain. ending 10 the
bapishueu. Of Queen Curis'ips the
German customs union WAS founded
there va, The Freucb revelation OF
lS48 there were three iusurreetioos
in Yleooa conflicts 10 the streets OF
Berlin republican rising 10 Baden
the siege and capture Of Rome BY the
French, and ito occupation BY French
troops. which vss to last uo.il 1866
the eles.ioo Of Louis Nspoieae as pre.i
dent of che French republic In lS48-
40 there VS. tho war between Aus.rls
.ud S.rd.nis, by which the whole OF the
Lombard Venetian kingdom vas sab
isc,ed .e.iu to Austria The uprising
aud defeat Of the M.gyars the wars
Of sohle.wig- Holsteio and Denmark.
Then eamc the "eoup de eta," 10
France, aud the proclaua'ion ol
Napoleop III as emperor of the French;
the war between Russia aud Turkey,
and the Crimean war Another great
event was the abolition of serfdom IN
p..;. +, AleY.nder RI The French
and English expedition against Chine
was not particularly creditabls, for it
grew on. of the opium trsfio. Then
came the frighsful musioy in lodls
which no Englishmen speaks Of, to 'hls
/ day, without shudder. France and
sardioi. eeg.ged in war with Austria.
Frapoh von At Mageoss and soIferino,
and Lomb.rdy was ceded TO Sardinia
| Frsuoo took Nioe aud Savoy. CARR
baldi uo~ loomed mp a. q disturbing
element, occupied Naplee and ultinate
ly forced Victor Emanuel to march
upon Rome. The Southern States Of
the United States of America vlshdre"
from toe Union, With consequences With
which We are ell familiar Nspolean
porsevered With his Mexicas expedition
10 tho expectation that the South and
North would remain separate and
independent of each other Ma1ini
lian, the likenes. of 40 imperial sroWr
put 90, .od before line Of muskets,
prisoner and discrowsed, at Qoeretaro,
Ia 1861, William |, of Prussia, was
crowned aod Bismarck became presl
dent Of the ministry. Developing
rapidly her military strength. Pru's'a
fought Austria 10 1866. and defeated
her decisiveIy at sadowa There wa
Veue.ia oe1ed to France to be ceded st
Italy.
The next great event "as the Ffaucc
Prussian war, which ended 10 th'
downfall of the French Empire, tn
capture of Paris by the Germans ane
the coronation o: Kiog W.lliam a
!. Emp,ro, of Germany Rome became
, the sea, of the Italian Goverumen,
AMI the Capital o; I'aly. Spain. af's
taste OF Sandman Pr!oce ae IT
monarch. became comparatively '-'"
oulI, under the rule Of Alphonse Nj.