Year: 1871

that the last decade includes the rise
and consolidation of the Italian King
dom, which has made Rome its capital
by unanimous vote of the Chambers,
the occupation of the city to take place
in July Of the present year. Napoleon
was essentially the father OF this King
dom but the overthrow of the father
was necessary, that the child should
fulfill It's appointed mission. 1t was but
ten days after Napoleon was taken a
prisoner at Sedan, that King Victor
Emanuel marched upon Rome with his
army, and in less than month the
Papal States were united to the King
dom by an almost unanimous vote of
The people


To-day the leading and most power
| full nation on the Continent is formed
by the union of Germany with Prussia
into homogeneous whole, under Will
| liam as Emperor.


The revolution in Spain has resulted
in giving to that distracted country as
much civil liberty and internal order as
she is fairly capable of at present. In
the person of her King, scion of the
House of Savoy. which sits on the
throie of United Italy, she has secured
as capable and inHuential u sovereign as
she could well expect to get. 80 tar,
he has certainly proved himself a
capable and energetic ruler whose whole
heart and soul is with his people. and
whose every effort is to elevate them
and improve their condition, morally,
socially, politically aud financially. To
this extent he is success.


In Russia, civilization has made the
same wonderful strides of progress, in
tensifed, and on a scale of grandeur
unexampled The last decade has wit
uessed the emancipation of the serfs,
% 600 900 In number, and the creation
of common free school system only
excclled by tha. of this country in
magnificent development. The iron
roads connect distant parts of the vast
empire, and telegraphs extend from the
| capital to the most distant outposts OF
the army on the desert of Toorkesian,
or the foot bills of the Himalayas, or at
the great wall Of China, and every day
| those outposts are advanced further and
further. asserting the determination OF
the Cossack to stop short at nothing
but universal dominion As an enlisht-
ened and intelligent nation, Russia now
ranks second to Prussia, and as a civil


zer for the wild hordes of Asia, she is
doing incalculable good.


I Civilization and Christianity march
hand in hand along to the occupation o.
the promised land China and Japan
have been partially opened to " outside
barbarism,' and will soon discover the
great benefit of the change. The Gov
ernment of British India has instituted
many reforms Turkey, Egypt, anC
other semi barbarous powers are becom'
ing somewhat liberalized; the great
Island Of Madagascar has become highly
civilized, and material improvement.
have greatly enlarged their borders on
the continent of Africa. All this indi
Gates what the material progress of the
decade has been. The completion oil
the Paclfc Railroad, the Suez Canal
the ocean telegraph and the Mont Ceni,
tunnel through the Alps has given ;
prodigious impetus to the course D
+ human progress, and enormously aug
mented the aggressive power of mar
over the obstacles Of nature. The pro
gress in scientific discovery, arts ant
learning has been equally great.