CHAPTER VII.

THE DEDICATORY ORATION.

Magnificent effort of Henry Watterson —Grand and patriotic throughout— The earnest Kentuckian touches
brilliantly upon many of the salient points from 1492 to the present day —From the hillside of Santa Rabida
to the present hour of celebration — No geography in American manhood — No sections to American frater-
nity— The rise of the young republic — The drum taps of the Revolution — The tramp of the minute men —
The curse of slavery gone — The mirage of separation vanished — A great and undivided country . . 115