, 1874-06-20


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KENTUCKY.
An Address by MIR. RnenFy Wnttcr10ns
Mr.. Henry Wnttorson, editor OF The Loutnvite
0on,1cr-Jour1,al. dollveroa singular and s,lR-
The Georgetown (Ky.) College, On tho evening OF
tho oth. l1o opened BY speaking OF this year as
marking the hindrclth anniversary Of tho aottlo-
ment M4., Of +, Kentucky. H. sala:
burg, which is accorded the blrthrlght honor Of
seniority over tta neighborB, WAS laid out BY
company Of pioneers from Virgiuia. A year
Inter aud grain was growing among the cano-
"rhero used to DO tradition TINT full avo
yours boforo tho arrival OF tho larro1s aud tho
SloAfeos, person by The name Of Boone, from
the Yadaln River ia North Caroltna, rnade his
horcahnut took certain prilc aud credit to
themselves M poanessorn OF tho soil from which
eoedna 10 hea1on IN td droo
proved to bo roal paBsway for tho manifold
blessings aud mercics showorad upon thom by
tho God, Of their fathors. Certan 1t IL TINT
Boone did mako two acparato incurslona prior to
tho establishment Of = fixol COLONY. It wau on
tho first day OF May 17G9, he tolls uB, that re-
higned my domestic llappnoss and loft my
| family aud peaceful habitatiou Oh tho Yadkin
River. IN North Carolina, to wander through
| try OF Kontncke." Tic camo a.foot, and was fol-
lowed By d little troop Of horous and poets like
himself. I say horoeH and poots, for They weto
adventurous daring Of trno lcrSoIsm SIy yset stu upon ,
an entorpriso which brought forth an epic.
| Natttro horBclf aoemed conscious Of the coming
| OF an important embassy, and pnt on her rioheBt
apparcl to receive It. Tho ponp Of. all tho hor-
| out a Bplendider foto than. Chat Which waited
| those humble ministora and enyoya In buck
| akin. It was whom tho Juno skioa wore. aoftost
olm aud tho maple viod with onoi another which
should show itsolf the moro hospithble and
magnificent, when the welcoming bluobirda
cali vas cleaross and awoetoat, and tho myatorl-
ous pathway tEroughtho forest which had opened
day after day, not like Tho fablod avonuo In tho
enchanted garden, but like tho Track pointed out
to Christians by divine inspiration, brought tho
littlo ba,,d to an elevation from Which its mou-
bors beLeld. for tho iirst tno, tho land they had
como SO far to sce. Moses, stretching bis weary
eyes from Pingah into 0anaan, was not glad
donod aud refreshed by loylior prospect"
Tho point Of tho address Is that Kentucky Is
suffering for lack Of provinclasm ABOUT the
last accusation liloly to havo bcen broueht
against tho old Commonwealth by any gonto-
mau loss original aud startling tlnn tho editor
Of the Courie''~Jour7ai. But that which he saya
Of proyincinlsm III sufficiently novel to DO ouri-
GUS. We give It:
"Tho provincial spirit. which Is dismissed
from polite nociety IN 4 half sneering, half con-
domnatorg way, Is roally ono Of tao forces IN
human achievement. as man M l9aes 1i his pre-
vincialism, he loses, ln part hs originality nttt
from Ills originality, Tic same may be said Of
nations. oosmopolitanism in idoas in dross, IN
manners, is merely an imitation Of thas which .eal
s not our oWn and is usually obtained a. tho
to sverysGing mechanical aud natural, sad'
0 Hsone ospa las com. BE- by =;
world. So Paris gives the fashion tomauy things
besides dress. It y tho scat Of tue most
accepted cosmopolitan. Excepting thu