The Portland daily press., 1871-10-24

of success, his character and career reflect |
honor on his name, aud were such as give dig
NIFTY and lastre TO the legal profession, His
learning was extensive but exact, largely the,
orelcal yet eminently practical Hls MIND
was stored with treasures culled from the fields
OF science aud general literature, and few are |
tae departments OF knowledge which contrib |
uted not to the wealth of his resources
Ii not gifted with that magnetic power. or |
accustomed to exhibit that thrilling pathos |
which sometimes wrests verdicts from juries t
almost against their will, the cogency of his
reasoning, the manifest sincerity of his con-
victious, and the gravity of his manner never
failed Of commanding their respect or of pro-
duclpg a powerful effect In his arguments to
the Court, though always deferential, he, like
other masters OF the profession, was wont to
deal more with principles, than to yield bird
ly to the naked authority of decided cases.
He possessed the rare ability of sitting things
to the bottom, and of converting to skilfu use
the choicest material there found. His inter-
course at the Bar combined dignity with cour-
tesy, and for his professional brethren person
ally, and their association as body, he cher
ished, though under somewhat reserved de-
meapor, friendship and respect alike due to
each.
He had an exalted opinion of the dignity
utility and responsibility of his profession, aud
whether in the ordinary routine of the Office,
or more public efforts at the Bar, or in the
multiform concerns OF city, State or society,
he was an honorable exponent of his own
ideal. In the light OF the influence and exam
pie of such worthless as pass 10 review before
Us to-day, is this not a fitting occasion to add,
that the bonor of the legal profession, though
often assaled by the tongue of calumny, and
sometimes wounded in the house of its friends,
will continue to shine with lustre nndimmed
so long as human rights shall need defence,
and the highest interests of society demand
| support?
Delicacy fo1bids rude approach to that in
| ner circle where character shows itself IN It's
| truest light Constitutionally disinclined to
| seek enjoyment elsewhere, his affections al
| ways centered in his family and home. IheIe
| too, with distiGctness not always oDservaoie
in domestic life, his qualities shone the bright
| est. AS son, husband and father, Fhlhenas
| Barnes presented pOrtraiture OF character
| his NEST In timate friends will long remember
| with pleasure, and in the varied relations OF
| his complex life he exhibited calendar of viz
| tues all may cherish to advantage.
But to limit our view by the horizon OF his
earthly associations would hardly be just to
the memory of our departed brother, much
less to the source whence he drew his inspira-.
ton. The purity of his life, the symmetry Of
his character, and the spring of his usefulness
| were the natural outgrowth of a Christian
| faith whose foundations he had thoroughly ex-
| plored whose principles regulated his daily
| life, whose influence illumined his heart and
| home, and whose hopes steadied each step IN
| his ge pte approach to the Better Land.
| Lingering in the twilight of such gilded
| sunset, it remains to give embodiment to some
| of the sentiments appropriate to the occasion,
| and the Committee have now the honor to pre-
sept the following resolutions:
| Resolred That, by tt death of Phinehas Barnes
| we his brethren OF the Bar, have been compelled to
part com anonship with one who shared largely
respect and esteem and one wLose ability and cu-
ture, attainments and usefulness, and, above all,
whose exemplary life and christian character entitle
his name to be enrolled among those whose virtues
and constitute the brightest pages OF our
Resoired, That we tender to his surviving family
| our profound sympathy in the sad bereavement they
no anff
proceedings this occasion, and that copy thereof
b. transmitted to them by the Clerk of this Court.
BRIoN nRADBURY's REMARKs
May it please your Honor:-In accordance
with the request OF the Cumberland Bar As
ISOLATION, am here to second the resolutions
which have just been presented to the Court in
their behalf, and | avail myself of the occasion
to offer brief tribute of affection to the mem
DRY of Phnehas Barnes.
| My acquaintance with him commenced at
Bowdoin College, where, during thesyea 1925,
we formed friendship, never interrupted and
ceased :oily with his life.
With parental devotion to an lonly son, his
| widowed mother took up her residence at
! late course, and, at her house, during that pc
| ro5, was the daily witness of his tender fllal
| care and love. His fillal devotion was but the
| type of his moral and social nature; and it was
the same spirit inspiring his whole heart,
| which, in after years, diffused beauty and
charm over all the relations of domestic life.
| Aware that he was to engage in the struggle
| of life without the adventurous aid of wealth
| and family influence, he was then sedate,
| thoughtful, studous, CONSCIENTIOUS, selt-reli-
| aut, exhibiting the same intellectual aud
4 moral qualities which rpsned into a noble
| manhood.
| I well remember the manifestation, at that
| early day, CT that strong religious sentiment,
| which gave such elevated tone and character
| TO his thoughts and principles OF action during
| an entire life o. usefulness and honorable dis
| tinction, and inspired him with calm, moral
herosm, higher, noblsr and far more rare than
| that of the warrior on the field of battle, dur
| ing the long months of the progress of that
| malady which be knew was slowly, steadily
! approaching fatal termination.
Graduating in 1929, with high reputation for
| talent and scholarship he selected the law as
| his profession.
While student in the Office of that eminent
| lawyer and refined scholar, the late Charles S.
Daveis, he received an invitation to a tutorsbp
| in " aterville College, which he accepted tenn
| porarily, tut vas soon after elected Professor
| of Languages and remained at the college in
| that pos ton until tie year 1889, though never
| abandoning the purpose OF return TO his
| chosen profession.
In that year he removed t. Brunswick
| where accepting the position of cashier of
| bank as subsidiary to his main object, he en-
| gagged IN the vigorous prosecution OF his legal
studies.
| In 1871, he resigned his place as Cashier,
| this city.
| During the first six years of his residence
| in Portland, he was connected editorially with
| the Daily Advertiser, appropriating Lis days
| to his professional duties and his nights to bis
| editorial labors.
From 1847 to the close of his life, with occa-
sioDal intervals when he was called by the peo-
| pie to the performance of the duties OF a legs
| lator, he devoted himself assduously to his
| profession.
| His varied talents and rare requirements
| rendered him equal to any position in which he
was placed; ray, he achieved emnence jim
them all.
He was ripe scholar; polished and vigor.
Gus writer; a legislator of broad views and
| practical Judgment; logical and eloquent ad
vocate; q learned lawyer; a safe and wise coun-
| selor; public spirited citizen an honest man
| devout Christian.
/ There was no stain upon his escutcheon; no
| blot upon his name. The purity OF his private
| character impaired luster to. his public vr
Ues.
| With the strongest convictions of right ard
| duty, with unwayeripg self-reliance, with in
| tense individuality of character, while tolerant
| of the opinion of others, he was severely tena-
| cious of his own. Neither the love of popular
| favor nor the fear OF popular clamor disturbed
| toe even tenor of his life.
| Justanl ct tenacena propOsiG Uirnm,
Non ouium ardor proud jubentium,
| Non Uuttas tRstGnfis tyrdnni,
| Mente quatit sotida.
| Yet he was not Indifferent to the good Opin-