The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-02-19
REMARKS ny JUDGE BOURNE.

10 the family of the deceased, and that the presid
ing judge ofthe 5. j. Court now In session be re
quested to cause the same to be entered on th'
records of that Court.
REMARKS NJ JUDGE BOURNE.
The resolves which have been offered to
the Court, with the request that they may
be made part of the record. carry with
| them the expression of the Bar, that the
life of the lawyer should be one Of un-
swerving integrity, unwearied Industry III
the pursuit of truth, honesty In Its appll-
cation, courtesy In professional intercourse
and Christian fidelity In all the trusts CON-
mitted to his care. III any man on earth
| Is daily living under the weight OF the
highest responsibilities. IL Is the man who
has thus placed himself before the world,
rs the advocate of truth and justice, and
| I'm this view, these occasions Of sadness
may be fruitful OF much good. We are
called upon to renew the oath which
brought us into our profession, by repledg-
ing ourselves to fidelity to all those prin-
ciples. which, I'm these resolves, we avow
to have been the basis OF the professional
| life of our deceased brother; and, on
which account, we render to his memory
our highest respect. IL any other con.
structiOn is to be placed upon these pro.
ceedings, the oblation which we thus offer
| to professional integrity. Is only mock
cry and OF no value. However sad the
event which has SO suddenly come upon
us, IL Is sadder still II 1t awakens within
us, no new aspirations for professional
manliness and eminence. five reverence
the memory of Brother Hayes, we reyer-
ence the attributes which made up his
character. ---
We know that Il Is not for all Of us to be
leading members of the Bar. We have
not all come forward to the stage OF life,
under the same favorable auspices, which
waited upon him. He was born OF par
ents. who from his birth to maturity, felt
the deepest sOlicitudc for his honorable
success In the world. Privileges for in
tellectual culture were before him, from
the earliest period OF life; and to these
were added the benefits Of u liberal edu-
cation, which he afterwards enjoyed grad
uating ut Bowdoln Collegein 1910. Thence
he laid the foundation on which he was
able to build up brilliant reputation.
But 1t was only by firm resolution to do
SO, that he finally succeeded In his aspira-
tions for high standing at the bar. He
early learned the Importance Of training
the mind; of fitting II to grasp and COM
prehend the subjects, which must present
themselves for discussion, In the profess
ion which he had adopted. He was natrl-
rally diffident and distrustful of himself,
and nj one time so doubtful of success In
the law, that he In some measure, turned
aside from IL, and engaged In IN employ
ment of an entirely different character.
But he soon found, that that would not
meet his desires, and with new resolli-
tions, came back to the bar, determined
there to wait the result of patient, persc-
vcring labor-or In other words to be a
lawyer, in the full significance of that
term-versed IN the principles of jurispru-
dence, and possessed of logical ability to
seize hold of. and apply them-and under
the impulses of this noble purpose, he
gave himself to study; deep study; and
thereby soon acquired that legal acumen
and astiteness, which fitted him to readi-
ly understand. to grapple with, manage,
and argue, any Question, which might
arise In the conflicts of the forum.
Being assured Of his legal qualifications.
and thus acquiring confidence I'm himself,
so material to the successful lawyer, he
sought for larger field, and a more lib
eral patronage. than he could hope for
from the little County of York, and re-
moved to Boston. where his ability was
soon recognized by the eminent jurists
OF that city. His counsel was sought In
important cases, and he began to realize
more than his brightest hopes had prom
ised. A great case was committed to his
trust. He was satisfied of its justice, and
gave himself to severe application, that
his reputation should not be jeopardised,
BY Its failure under his hands. But sud-
denly all his cheering prospects were
blasted. Darkness came over him, and
his sun went down at noon day.
Since left the Bar, twelve years ago,
/ have seldom seen Mr.. Hayes, and have
had but little knowledge Of his per-
sonal virtues. But know that he was q
member of the Christian Church; and that
rs member of the Bar, In all his deport-
ment, he was courteous and manly. That
he looked with contempt upon all false
hood and chicanery; and that he had q
high appreciation of the rules and princl-
pies, by which the lawyer should be gov
erned In his practice. know also, that
his patcrnal inheritance could be nothing
short of the soundcst morality; and that
the seed sown and watcrcd, and cared for
by patcrnal love, In the period Of youth,
could not fail In some aftcrday, to bring
forth its appropriate fruit. And we have
the tllOsc uOst
mate with him, and of men eminent In
professional life, that In later years, and
particularly since his residence In Boston,
he had given special attention to those
mighty questions which involve the issue
of life, and do not hesitate 10 say that no
man Is the true lawyer, who does not fol-
low him In that respect. Human law Is
subject to continual yicissitude. But Gods
law, involving all our duties. all our inter
ests, all our hopes, Is Interchangeable; and
the lawyer who j. unversed I'm the juris-
prudence of Heaven, and thence regard
less of his responsibilities, and of the sol
| emn oath which Is upon him Ito do 10
| falsehood," n term now In use, rs includ-
| ing almost every neglect Of duty, has no
claim to be regarded Us sound jurist.
| The lawyers life Is beset with temptation.
Human law affords no adequate power TO
| battle Il. But Gods law Is the strength of
| the heart; and of all men, those I'm our
profession should be the last to disregard
IL. No man can do more good In the
| world than the honest lawyer; and none
more evil than the dishonest one.
OF what avail to him now Is his mere
| forensic skill or his proficiency In human
lawg But when we look upon him Us the
| Christian lawyer, even though. like all the
race he had his inflrmities, while the
| height and depth of his riches are unfath-
enable. his memory comes back to his
friends laden with blessings, rs the sun,
| when II has gone down, sends hack OH the
| few clouds which might have before OBJ
scured its lustrc, a glory which has deilcd
| all the art OF the painter on the canvas,
and of which literature has no adequate
power of description.
Since have been member Of this Bar.
many, very many, of It's members have
died; and IL has been our 10y to render to
their memories, as we now do to that OF
our brother Hayes, all the respect OF our
hearts. But two or three have died who
have dishonored the profession and retired
from IL ''in shame To weep;" while mt the
close OF life, II was thought best that their
names should be forgotten. rather than
kept alive by any demonstration OF the
Bar. The thought that such q fate awaits