The Portland daily press., 1871-10-24

Justanl ct tendcena pr0pOSitt Uirun,
Non ouium ardor prooa jubenttum,
Non UuLtas instanfis tyranni,
Mente guatit sotida.
Yet he was not Indifferent to the good opin-
ion of his fellow men.
In some of his last hours he touchingly said
"till my friends thank them for their kind
ness-tell them I trust they will remember my
life and conversation among them kindly
with charity. Tell them | went down to the
river with my foot planted firm in the faith,'
pausipg, he added mol do not like this fig
ure-no fgures--no material things express it
tell them, God, tee divine being who made
me has take me to himself"
His spirit at rest with God, the divine be-
ing in whom he trusted, we will remember his
life and conversation among US kindly-nay,
more, rejoicing in his bright example, with love
and reverence we will cherish his memory in
our hearts forever.
JAMES t. MccoBB's REMARKS
These Brothers whose departure we notice
to-day need no eulogy from me. Indeed,
speaking well of the good dead, is not SO much
for their honor, as the profit of those that re-
main. L speak of Mr.. Barnes not because he
wants speech from me, but that l need to
speak of him.
Our Brothers were, both of them, very posi-
tive men and their distinctive peculiarites are
therefore easily noted, even by those of us that
were not intimate with them They both
placed their feet firmly in the path they trod
but recent sands. We do well to keep them
open ittla W lille longer. They were obvious
ly much alike in the kind OF spirit that moved
the one and the other. TEey both lived, if it
may be 50 said. 10 au atmosphNs of steady con-
viction. They were both firm in the faith to
which their hearts and their heads led them.
They were no doubters They neither of them
darkened counsels much with words. The
oracle never gave an uncertain sound. They
were men whose assertion seemed often to
have the yVaiobt 0f mant bppausa in tho
earnestness and gravity with which it was
spoken, you could see they must have good
reason for it. 1 think, if they had come in
contact much they might have failed to har-
monize because they struck notes too nearly
on the same line in the gamut to chord well.
Mr.. Barnes, in his earliest youth, received
most careful and thorough intellectual culture
The only child of a mother, widowed before his
very birth, like herself of indomitabe persis-
tency of purpose, and faithfulness to such
trusts as rested upon her, his earlier growth
and development was watched with care
which even good mothers do not always be-
stow. His own devotion to his family seemed
only an inheritance received, in due course of
law, from the remOter ancestor He was at
the head of his class in the college from which
he graduated, and afterwards distinguished
Professor in an another; he was for six years
chief editor of one of the principal papers in
the State; the originator of some of the most
important educational movements in this city;
practitioner at this Bar. With these oppor-
tunities for mental discipline-it was only the
frequent breaking up of a soil rich and deep.
Mr.. Barnes had early become a ripe scholar,
successful writer and public speaker, and an
man of affairs. He was fond of
but it was favorite maxim with
him that we must seek to be practical Prob
ably the last writing he sent to the press was
upon the application of a force in nature to
mechanical and manufacturing purposes. He
had in his early days another advantage in the
cultivation of such powers as had been given
himD'poor filth hourly stared him" 1t is said
OF professional advancement, that a man must
either have lost a fortune, or never had one when
ne peglns. This is one of those blessed com
pensatlcrs by which Providence often makes
the poor very rich it was one OF our friends
early privileges
Both intellectually and morally, Mr.. Barnes
had traits of character that stood oa,t in the
ia which he lived He had hear
ty contempt for, and always avoided what was
mean and dishonorabe-h pride here was the
coadiutor OF his conscience. He was strong
and tender friend, and it is no disparagement