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 2^ Session, f \ No. 64. 
 
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 MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 
 
 CiN THK 
 
 LIFE AND CHARACTER 
 
 OK 
 
 JOHN S. BARBOUR 
 
 (A SENATOR FHOM VIRGINIA), 
 UKl.lVKKKIi IN IHI-: 
 
 SENATE AND HOUSE 01- REPRESENTATIVES, 
 
 February 3 and 25, 1893. 
 
 HUBLISHEU BV ORDEK OK CONGRESS. 
 
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 WASHINGTON: 
 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
 1893. 
 

 licKoU'cd hij the Senate (the House of Mepresentalives concurring), That there 
 lie printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. John S. Bar- 
 hour, late a Senator from the (>tate of Virginia, 8,000 copies, of -vvliich 2,000 
 copies shall he delivered to the Senators and Eepreseutatives of that State, 
 and of the remaining number 2,000 shall be for the use of the Senate and 
 4,000 copies for the use of the House, and of the quota of the Senate the 
 Public Printer shall set aside 50 copies, which he shall have bound in full 
 morocco ivith gilt edges, the same to he delivered when completed to the 
 family of the deceased ; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby 
 directed to have engraved and printed at the earliest day practicable a 
 portrait of the deceased to accompany said eulogies. 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Death of Senntur Barbour 5 
 
 Aunounceuieiit in the J<enate 7 
 
 Auiiouncement in the House of Representatives 12 
 
 Funeral ceremonies in the .Senate Chamber I7 
 
 l^ermon of Bishop Keene 19 
 
 Proceedings in the Senate : 
 Address of — 
 
 Mr. Daniel, of Virginia 27 
 
 Mr. Manderson, of Nebraska 36 
 
 Mr. Faulkner, of West Virginia 41 
 
 Mr. Uallinger, of New Hampsliire 43 
 
 Mr. Piatt, of Conuecticut 45 
 
 Mr. Hill, of New York 49 
 
 Mr. Hiscock, of Xew York 52 
 
 Mr. Hunton, of Virginia .5.5 
 
 Proceedings in the House of Representatives : 
 Address of — 
 
 Mr. Mereditli, of Virginia g2 
 
 Mr. O'Ferrall, of Virginia 66 
 
 Mr. Wise, of Virginia 71 
 
 Mr. Milliken, of Maine 75 
 
 Mr. Tucker, of Virginia 77 
 
 Mr. Kendall, of Kentucky SI 
 
 Mr. .Jones, of Virginia ; 87 
 
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DEATH OF SENATOR BARBOUR. 
 John Strode Bakbouu, Senator from Virginia, died sud- 
 denly at liis residence, 144 B street northeast, Washinjrton, 
 about 5:30 o'clock a. m., Saturday, May 14, 1892. 
 
 T^pon tlie day before liis death Mr. BARBorR attended a 
 meeting- of tlie Committee o)i the District of Columbia, of which 
 lie was a prominent member, and passed the evening in conver- 
 sation with relatives and friends. When he retired to his room 
 at 10 o'clock he was, apparently, in sound health with no premo- 
 nition of his approaching end. A few minutes after r, o'clock 
 the next morning Mr. Barbour awoke a relative and said 
 that he felt ill. Assistance was immediately given to him and 
 medical aid summoned, Init before a physician arrived at the 
 house :SIr. Barbour had expired. 
 
 The announcementof Mr. Barbour's death was received with 
 general sorrow. He was a man with hosts of friends, beloved 
 by many and respected by all who knew him. His death put 
 an end to a well-rounded life and to a career of honor, of useful- 
 ness, and of distinction— a, career brilliant in its example and 
 of incalculable value? in the results accomplished. 
 
 John Strode Barbour, of Alexandria, was born in Cnl- 
 peper County, Virginia, December 29, 1820 ; pursued a .-ourse of 
 study at the University of N'irginia for three years, and gradu- 
 ated from the school of law there in 1842; began the practice 
 of law in his native county of Culpeper; was elected to the 
 legislature of Virginia from Culpeper County in 1847, and was 
 reelected, serving four consecutive sessions; was elected presi- 
 dent of the railroad company then called the Orange and 
 
6 Dtatli of St nator Barbour. 
 
 Alexandria Railroad Company in 1S52, and served in that 
 position until it was merged into what is now known as the 
 Virginia Midland Railroad Couipauy, of which he was presi- 
 dent till he resigned in 1883 ; was elected to the Forty-seventh, 
 the Forty-eighth, and the Forty-ninth Congresses and was 
 elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat to succeed 
 Harrison H. Riddleberger, Readjuster, and took his seat 
 March 4, 1889. The term for which he was elected will expire 
 March 3, 18<t5. 
 
 Every mark of respect was paid to the memory of Mr. Bak- 
 BOUK. A guard composed of employes of the Senate watched 
 over the remains at the residence of the late Senator and 
 accompanied them when they were borne to the Capitol. The 
 funeral ceremonies took place in the Senate Chamber in the 
 presence of the members of the Cabinet, the Diplomatic Corps, 
 the Senate and House of Representatives, the principal officials 
 of the (rovcrnment, and eminent citizens of Virginia. After 
 the ceremonies the remains of the late Senator, accompanied 
 by the committees of the Senate and House of Representa- 
 tives, were conveyed to Poplar Hill, his beautiful estate in 
 Prince George's County, Maryland, and interred by the side 
 of his w'i« 
 
Announcement of the Death of Senator Barbour in 
 
 THE Senate. 
 
 MOKDAY, Man i'>, 1S92. 
 
 The Vice-President resumed the chair. 
 
 The Chaplain, Eev. J. 6. Butler, D. D., offered the following- 
 prayer : 
 
 O (rod, Jehovah, we reverently draw nigh to Thee, worship- 
 ing Thee, the only living and true God. Amid the mysteries 
 of life and death, the generations coming and going, we rejoice 
 that Thy throne abideth. We bless Thee for the life and 
 immortality brought to light in the Gosjiel. We thank Thee 
 for Him who is the waj', and the truth, aud the life. 
 
 As we stand among the dying and the dead, give us grace to 
 walk in Ckrist, ever accepting His truth and imitating His 
 life, having begotten in us, by Thy divine Spirit, that life 
 which shall never end. 
 
 Sanctify to us, we pray Thee, this bereavement. Eemember 
 very tenderly, thou God of all comfort, those who stand most 
 nearly related to Thy departed servant. We thank Thee for 
 every true and faithful life and for this life spared so long. 
 
 We pray Thee, teach us to live wisely aud well, serving 
 God and our own generation, keeiiing our consciences right 
 before Thee aud toward each other, doing whatsoever our 
 hands find to do with all our might faithfully aud well, not 
 knowiug the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man 
 
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8 Announcement in the Senate. 
 
 oometli, so that wheuever Thou shalt coiue we may be pre- 
 pared to give account to Thee, the judge ofijuick and dead. 
 
 Hallow to us the day of <l<>d with all the blessed privileges 
 that center in the holy Sabbath. Sanctify all the orderings 
 of Thy providence unto us Thy servants this day. Have us 
 in Thy holy keeping, (> Thou, in whom we live and move and 
 have our being. If it please Thee, spare and prolong life, 
 and teach us so to use life's blessed opportunity that when 
 we shall come to the end we may enter into rest. Blot out 
 our transgressions, and grant us grace and peace, in the 
 name of Christ our Saviour. Ameu. 
 
 The Journal of the proceedings of Friday last was read 
 and approved. 
 
 DEATH OF .SENATOR BAEBOUR. 
 
 Mr. Kenna. ^[r. President, in the absence, on account of 
 sickness, of the Senator from Virgiiua [Mr. Daniel], it 
 becomes my painful duty to announce to the Senate the 
 death of Hon. John S. Barbour, late a member of this 
 body from that State. 
 
 Apparently in the full and healthful possession of every 
 normal faculty, Mr. Barbour was among us on Friday in 
 the active and zealous discharge of public duty. Even 
 beyond the allotted time of threescore years and ten he 
 crossed this threshold on Friday afternoon, seemingly in vig- 
 orous health, his last day's labor unconsciously performed. 
 At 10 o'clock in the closing hours of that day he retired to 
 his bedroom the embodiment and type and perfection, as far 
 as human eye could .see, of ])hysical manhood. On Saturday 
 morning, at the age of 71 years and 5 months, at the hour of 
 five and a half o'clock, with only a word of admonition to 
 those who atfectionately surrounded him at his house in this 
 city, John S. Barbour passed away. 
 
Announcement iti the Senate. 9 
 
 Mr. President, in tliis secoud sudden visitation of Provi- 
 dence in the present session of the Senate we recognize a 
 power in whose inscrutable wisdom we were born to live, and 
 in the presence of whose uncliallengeable majesty we are 
 born to (lie. The death of Mr. Bakbouk is a great grief to 
 his household, a calamity to his friends. It has come as a 
 personal affliction to his late as.sociates in the public service 
 here. His State will exhibit in the bereavement of her 
 people a realization of the full measure of her loss, and his 
 country, by the observances in which the nations, by their 
 accredited representatives, are soon, by your invitation, to 
 take part, will acknowledge her sense and appreciation of 
 this melancholy event. 
 
 And yet, Mr. President, speaking for myself and making 
 frank exiu-ession of the inspiration of which this solemn occa- 
 sion possesses me, I have felt, as the associate and neighbor 
 and friend of Mr. Bakbour, that memories of his xirivate vir- 
 tues and public career, elevated and clean and noble as they 
 were, give back, at least in some degree, a compensation from 
 the grave. They soften by the sweet influences which radiate 
 from the consciousness of a life well spent the asperities of 
 grief which nature is prone to indulge on occasions like this. 
 This death is to my mind the gathering of ripened fruit, the 
 garnering of the sheaf in the well-rounded fullness of its golden 
 maturity. 
 
 John S. Barbour was in all the relations of this world an 
 elevated chai-acter and an upright man. His sterling quali- 
 ties of mind and heart bore practical fruit. His genius for 
 affairs made monuments in the business and public walks of 
 men, as, in a narrower sphere, his humanity made gratitudes 
 which will follow like angels, guarding him to the tomb. 
 
 When the Senate, as is its custom, shall have set apart a 
 day to be devoted to the recounting of his manly virtues and 
 
10 Ajinoiincement in the Senate. 
 
 tlie exhibition of the elements of his lofty character, it will be 
 seen of all that his traits were above those of most of his fel- 
 low-men; that he Avas useful and valuable to his country and 
 his countrymen; that he practiced justice and fair dealing; 
 that he was imbued with a love of right ; that he gave example 
 worthy of emulation by youth as well as by age, and that lie 
 moved and had his being, without osteutation or form, in the 
 reverence and veneration of his God. 
 
 Mr. President, I offer the resolutions wliicli I send to the 
 desk. 
 
 The Vice-Peesident. The resolutions will l)c read. 
 
 The Chief Clerk read the resolutions, as foHows: 
 
 Besolved, That the annuuncemunt ol'tho sudileu death of Hon. Jonx S. 
 Barbour i.s received with jirofoiiiid sorrow hy his a.ssociates in tlie Senate. 
 
 lii'golved, That a committee of nine Senators he ai>pointed by the Vice- 
 President to take order, with a committee of the Honse of Kejiresentatives, 
 for the funeral of the hite Senator Rarhocr ; and as a mark of respect for 
 his memory that his remains be removed from the Capitol to his late resi- 
 dence in Wasliingtou, and thence to Poplar if ill, Maryland, for interment in 
 charge of the Serf;eaut-at-Arms, ami attended l)y said committee, who shall 
 have power to carry this resolution into effect. 
 
 SesoJred, That the .Senate will at 1 o'clock to-day attend in its ( 'liamber 
 the exercises incident to his funeral. 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate these proceed- 
 ings to the House of Representatives and invito the Housi; of Representa- 
 tives to attend the funeral in the Senate Chaml)er at the hour named. 
 
 The resolutions were agreed to unanimously. 
 
 The Vice-President. Under the seccmd resolution, as the 
 committee on the part of the Senate to take order with the 
 committee from the House of Representatives to accompany 
 the remains of their late colleague to his linal resting place, 
 the Chair appoints the Seiuitor from Virginia [Mr. Daniel], the 
 Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Kenna], the Senator from 
 Maryland [Mr. Gorman], the Senator from Mississippi [Mr. 
 Walthall], the Senator ft-om Kentucky [Mr. Carlisle], the 
 Senator from Nevada [Mr. Stewart], the Senator from Mich- 
 
Aniwnnccmciit in tlic Senate. 11 
 
 igau [Mr. McMillan], the Senator from Illinois [Mr. Cullom], 
 and the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Washburn]. 
 
 RECESS. 
 
 Mr. Kenna. Mr. President, I ask the adoption of the reso- 
 lution which I send to the desk. 
 The resolution was read, as foHows: 
 
 Hesohiil, That thi- Senate do now take a recess nntil 12:50 o'clock. 
 
 The resolution was agreed to; and (at 12 o'clock and 1.") 
 niiimtes p. ni.) the Senate took a recess until 12 o'clock and 50 
 minutes p. ni., nt wliich hour it reassembled. 
 
 jiessaciE fkoji the house. 
 
 A message from the House of Representatives by 'Sir. T. O. 
 Towles, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had passed 
 the following resolutions : 
 
 Kcsolred, That the House of Hepresentalives accept the invitation ol the 
 Senate to attend tlie funeral services of the late Hon. Joii.v .S. liARituL'R, 
 a Senator of the United States from the State of Virginia, to be held iu 
 the Senate Chamber this day at 1 o'clock p. m. 
 
 I'esnJrttJ fnrllur, That the Clerk of the House be directed to inform the 
 Senate that the Speaker of the House has appointed the following com- 
 mittee, to act in conjunction with the committee of the Senate, to make 
 necessary arrangements and accompany the remains to the place of burial, 
 viz: Mr. Meredith, Mr. Holman, Mr. Wilson of West Virginia, Mr. Hen- 
 derson of North Carolina, Mr. Hemphill, Mr. Mutchler, Mr. Blount, Mr. 
 Comptou, Mr. O'Ferrall, Jlr. Harmer, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Grout. 
 
Announcement of the Death of senator Barbour 
 IN the House of Representatives. 
 
 Sattirday, May ]l, 1892. 
 
 The House met at 12 o'clock ni. 
 
 Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. ^Milburn, D. I)., as 
 follows : 
 
 O, Eternal (rod, another haml is beckoning us, another call 
 is given. A Senator, long honorably connected with this 
 House, has deiiarted, and only the tenement of clay is left to 
 the tender care of those who loved him. Gloom overspreads 
 the State from which lie came, and many hearts will be filled 
 with sorrow and grief at the sad news that he is gone. Grant, 
 we beseech Thee, that this impressive warning may come home 
 to every heart before Thee, and that we may heed the solemn 
 admonition to set our houses in order, so that when our call 
 shall come we may be ready to gather up our feet and depart 
 in peace with all men, having a good conscience towards Thee, 
 fulfilling our duty, and so taking the record of a well-spent 
 life to that world into which we so soon shall enter. Grant 
 this, O Lord, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. 
 
 The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read, cor- 
 rected, and approved. 
 
 DEATH OF SENATOR BARBOUR. 
 
 Mr. Meredith. Mr. Speaker, I arise for the purpose of 
 making the painful announcement to this House of the death 
 of Hon. John S. Baebotr, a Senator from Virginia, which 
 
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Announcement in the House of Representatives. 13 
 
 occurred at his residence in this city, after a very brief illness, 
 at about half past 5 this morning. 
 
 It is only proper that I should say upon this occasion that 
 in the death of Senator Baubouu his State has met with an 
 irreparable loss, in which the whole country will share. 
 
 At the proper time I shall move a resolution fixing a day 
 when his friends and admirers in this House may have an 
 opportunity of expressing their admiration for the character of 
 Senator Barbour and of paying a just tribute to his memory. 
 
 I send to the Clerk's desk certain resolutions, upon wliioh 1 
 ask immediate action. 
 
 The Speaker. The gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Meredith] 
 submits certain resolutions, wliich will be reported by the 
 Clerk. 
 
 The resolutions were read, as follows : 
 
 Resolvid, Tliat the House has received with profouuil sorrow the 
 iinuouucemeut of the death of Senator John S. Barbour, of Virgiuia. 
 
 liemlred, That the Speaker of the House appoint a committee of twelve 
 members, to act in conjunction witli such coumiittee as may he ap])ointed 
 by the Senate, to make the necessary arrangements and accompany the 
 remains to the burial. 
 
 Sesolved, That as a further mark of respect the House ilo now adjourn. 
 
 The resolutions were agreed to; and the Speaker appointed 
 as such committee Mr. Meredith, Mr. Holman, Mr. Wilson 
 of West Virginia, Mr. Henderson of North Carolina, Mr. 
 Hemphill, Mr. Mutchler, Mr. Blount, Mr. Compton, Mr. 
 OTerrall, Mr. Harmer, Mr. Payne, and Mr. (Irout. 
 
 Accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 11 minutes p. m.) the House 
 adjourned until ilouday. May 10, at 12 o'clock noon. 
 
14 Annoicnceuteiil in the House of Representatives. 
 
 Mdnday, May if?, 189'2. 
 The House met at 12 o'clock in. 
 
 Prayer by the Chaplain, Eev.W. H. Milbiirn, D. D. 
 Tlie Journal of the pi-oceedinss of Saturday last was read 
 and approved. 
 
 DEATH OF HON. JOHN. S. BARBOUR. 
 
 The Speaker laid before the House the following letter 
 from the Vice-President of the United States: 
 
 Vice-President's Chamber, 
 
 Washington, May 14, 1893. 
 
 Sih: It is my sad duty to announce the sudden death to-day of Hon. 
 John S. Barbour, late a .Senator from the State of Virginia. 
 
 The funeral servire.s will be held in the .Senate Chamber iit 1 o'clock p. 
 m., Monday, May 16, 1892. 
 
 On behalf of the Senate, I beg to extend to you and through you to tlie 
 House of Reiireseut.ativesan invitation to attend these services. 
 
 A committee of five Senators will bo appointed to act with such commit- 
 tee as is appointed from the House of Representatives to accompany the 
 remanis to the place of burial. 
 
 1 have the honor to be, sir, your obedient serviint, 
 
 Levi P. Morton. 
 The Hon. Charles F. C'uisr, 
 
 Speaker of the Hoii^c of Heprrneiitatiren. 
 
 The Speaker. The Chair is informed that the resolutions 
 giving the action of the Senate on that subject wiU come over 
 in a few moments. 
 
 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. 
 
 A message from the Senate by Jlr. McCook, its Secretary, 
 announced that the Senate had passed the following resolu- 
 tions: 
 
 Eesdred, That the announcement of the sudden death of Hon. .Iohn S. 
 Barbour is received with profound sorrow by his as.sociates in the Sen- 
 ate. 
 
 liesoli-ed, That a eonnnittee of nine Senators lie appointed by the Vice- 
 President to take order, with a committee of the House of Repre- 
 
Announconcnt in the House of Representatives. 15 
 
 seutatives, for the funeral of the late Senator BARiiorK; and as a mark of 
 respect for his memory that his remains b(^ removed from the Capitol to 
 his late residence in Washington, and thence to Poplar Hill, Maryland, 
 for interment in charge of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and attended by said 
 committee, who shall have power to carry this resolntion into effect. 
 
 Resohed, That the Senate will at 1 o'clock to-day attend in its Chamber 
 the services incident to his funeral. 
 
 Resolved. That the Secretary of the Senate communicate these proceed- 
 ings to the House of Representatives and invite the House of Representa- 
 tives to attend the funeral in the Senate Chamber at the hour named. 
 
 Resohed, That the Senate do now take a recess until 12:50 o'clock. 
 
 FUNERAL OF SENATOR JOUN S. BARBOUR. 
 
 The Speaker. If there be no objection the Chair will 
 entertain a motion respecting the resolution which has just 
 been presented from the Senate. 
 
 Mr. O'Ferrall. 1 submit the resolutions 1 send to the 
 desk. 
 
 The (Jlerk read as follows: 
 
 Reaoh-ed, That the House of Representatives accept the invitation of the 
 Senate to attend the funeral services of the late Hon. .Toiix S. Barbour, a 
 .Senator of the United States from the State of Virginia, to be held in the 
 Senate Chamber this day at 1 o'clock p. m. 
 
 Resolrcd, That the Clerk of the House be directed to inform the Senate 
 that the Speaker of the House has appointed the following Committee to 
 act in conjunction with the Committee of the Senate to make necessary 
 .arrangements, and to iiccomp.any the remains to the place of burial, 
 namely: Messrs. Meredith, Holmau, Wilson of West Virginia, Henderson 
 of North Carolina, Hemphill, Mutchler, Blount, Compton, O'Ferrall, Har- 
 mer, Payne, and Grout. 
 
 The resolutions were adopti;d. 
 
 Mr. Holman. In this connectioa, Mr. Speaker, 1 offer the 
 following resolution : 
 
 The Clerk read as follows: 
 
 Resolved, That at 12:50 p. m. the House of Representatives will proceed 
 to the Senate Chamber to attend the funeral services of the late Senator 
 Barbour, and that immediately on the conclusion of such services the 
 House will return to the Hall for the further transaction of business. 
 
 The resolution was adopted. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES IN THE SENATE CHAMBER. 
 
 About an hoar before noon the remains of the deceased Sen- 
 ator were brought from his home and placed in the marble 
 room, where they remained until the hour fixed for the com- 
 mencement of the services in the Senate Chamber. 
 
 The body was inclosed iu a black cloth-covered casket, 
 devoid of silver oruameuts save a plain silver plate bearing 
 the following inscription : 
 
 JOHX S. BARBOUR. 
 
 Bom December 3», ISiO. 
 
 Died May H. 1893. 
 
 The casket was scarcely \isible beneath the magnificent 
 floral display. At the head was a huge bunch of American 
 Beauty and blush roses. There were two pillows of Calla 
 lihes, roses, and cameHas— one of them with the words "At 
 rest" in purple immortelles thereon. A wreath of roses, 
 camelias. and ivy was next to one of the pillows, and the 
 remainder of the available space was taken up by a very large 
 wreath of deep cream roses and lilies of the valley adorned 
 with violet ribbons. On a table in one of the window recesses 
 was a fine wreath which had been sent by order of President 
 Harrison. It was composed of roses, camelias, and lilies of 
 the valley, and was tied with broad violet ribbon. 
 
 S. Mis. 64 2 " 
 
18 Funeral Ceremonies in the Senate Chamber. 
 
 A detail from the Capitol police force stood guard over the 
 remaius until the services began in the Senate, and the doors 
 leading to tlie marble room were closed to visitors. 
 
 The Chamber was arranged in the manner usual for such 
 ceremonies, seats being provided for the Cabinet, the 
 Supreme Court, the House of Eepreseutatives, the Diplomatic 
 Corps, the General Commanding the Army, the senior 
 Admiral of the iSTavy, and the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia. 
 
 The chair which had been occupied by the dead Senator on 
 the preceding Friday was draped in black. 
 
 There was a large attendance of spectators in the gallery, 
 many of whom were personal friends of the departed states- 
 man. In one of the northwest galleries was the Virginia 
 Democratic Association of Washington. Among the noted 
 Vii-ginians who were present during the ceremonies were Gov. 
 P. W. McKinney, Hon. John Goode, ex-Gov. FitShugh Lee, 
 Hon. John Eandolph Tucker, and ex-Senator Robert E. 
 Withers. 
 
 At live minutes before 1 o'clock, the members of the House 
 of Representatives, preceded by the Sergeant-at-Arms and 
 Clerk and headed by the Speaker, entered the Senate Cham- 
 ber. The Speaker was escorted to a seat at the right of the 
 Vice-President, the Clerks at the Secretary's desk, the Ser- 
 geant-at-Arms on the right of the Vice-President's desk, and 
 the members of the House were escorted to the seats on the 
 floor provided for them. 
 
 They were soon followed by the Major-General Commanding 
 the Army, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the 
 Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court of 
 the United States, the members of the Cabinet, and the Diplo- 
 matic Corps, who were respectively escorted to the seats 
 assigned them on the floor of the Senate Chamber. The 
 
Funeral Ceremonies in the Senate Chamber. 19 
 
 President was absent from the city and consequently could 
 not attend the ceremonies. 
 
 At 1 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m. the casket containing the 
 remains of the deceased Senator was brought into the Senate 
 Chamber, having been preceded by the family and friends of 
 the deceased, and escorted by the Sergeant- at- Arms of the 
 Senate and the committee of arrangements of the two Houses 
 and pall-bearers selected from the Capitol police, and followed 
 by acolytes and Et. Rev. John J. Keane, rector of the CathoUc 
 University of America, Eev. C. Gillespie, S. J., Eev. M. C. 
 Dolan, S. J., Rev. A. M. Mandalari, S. J., Rev. James Smith, 
 S. J., Rev. Jacob Walter, Rev. James F. Mackin, Eev. John 
 T. Delaney, Monsignor I. Schroeder and Prof. Joseph Pohle, 
 of the Catholic University, and Rev. Aloysius Brosnan, S. J., 
 master of ceremonfes. 
 
 The prayers for the burial of the dead, prescribed in the 
 ritual of the Catholic Church, were read by Rev. C. Gillespie, 
 S. J., rector of St. Aloysius Church, first in Latin and then in 
 English, the responses being made by the attending clergy- 
 men. After the incensing and blessing of the body, Et.>Rev. 
 John J. Keane delivered the following sermon : 
 
 Funeral Sermon of Bishop Keane. 
 
 Judge not before the time, until the Lord come, who both will liring to 
 light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels 
 of the hearts, and then shall every man have his praise from God. — [1 Cor., 
 IV, 5. 
 
 In the presence of the judgment of God, how must all human 
 judgment bow in adormg silence ! It is the lesson which the 
 Apostle of the Gentiles thus solemnly impressed on the Cor- 
 inthians. It is the lesson which in this hour of mourning and 
 of wistfal gazing beyond the tomb he lovingly whispers to us. 
 
20 Funeral Ceremonies in the Senate Chamber. 
 
 It is the lesson by wliieh lie ever shaped his own life. In no 
 spirit of contempt for his fellow-men, bnt in the i)rofonn(l eon- 
 viction that man's Judgment is of bnt small account when 
 compared with the judgments of the Almighty, he exclaimed: 
 "To me it is a very small matter how I am judged by you, or 
 by human judgment; neither do I judge my own self. For I 
 am not conscious of any wrong in myself; yet am I not hereby 
 justifled; but He that judgeth me is the Lord. " 
 
 Could those white lips speak to us now, would they not, 
 with the awful eloquence of eternity, reecho the words of the 
 Apostle? " Judge me," he would say, "ye friends and part- 
 ners and witnesses of my life, judge me, for it is your right; 
 my life was not my own but yours, and you have a right to 
 pass sentence on it. Judge me, all ye whose interests were 
 for so many years intrusted to my keeping? honestly I strove 
 to do my full duty to you, but I own my responsibility and 
 your judgment is welcome. Judge me! O, my ccmntry, to 
 whom the best energies of my life were consecrated; thou 
 knowest that I loved thee devotedly; that I strove to serve 
 thee unselfishly; that beyond all the interests of family or 
 friends or party thy welfare was the chief object of my desires ; 
 to thee my life belonged and thou hast a right to judge it. 
 But, (J, my country and my friends, highly though I value 
 your judgment, sorely though I would be grieved if ye found 
 me worthy of your disapproval, sweet as will be to me the 
 sentence of your approbation, the hope of which was ever a 
 spur to my endeavors, yet what will all this avail me in the 
 eternity into which I have now entered, unless the judgment 
 of Him who searcheth the reins and the hearts be also a judg- 
 ment of mercy and approval"? O, pray for me, my friends, for 
 the hand of the Lord hath touched me." 
 
 "Who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been 
 His counselor?" Not even the Church of Christ pretends to 
 
Funeral Ceremonies in the Senate Chamber. 21 
 
 lift the veil and declare the sentence of the Most High. For 
 every child of God over whom her fnneral rites are celebrated 
 she has ever the selfsame form of liixmble and repentant sup- 
 plication for mercy. Even over those who have been highest 
 in the ranks of her ministry she utters the same cry for mercy, 
 and whatever there is of added liturgy is only addition of sup- 
 plication because of their weightier responsibility. Knowing 
 full well how truly the apostle says: " If we say that we have 
 no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us;" in the 
 awful liour of death slie discerneth not between layman and 
 cleric, between the poor stray sheep that has got into the 
 fold, as it were, at the last moment, and the faithful one that 
 has stayed in it always; but over them all and in the luime of 
 all equally she cries out to the Eternal Judge: " Have mercy 
 on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according 
 to the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity. 
 For I know my iniquity and my sin is always before me.'' 
 
 She ofl'ers up that prayer for mercy not only for them, but 
 in their name. She prays for all men, without limit or excep- 
 tion, with a charity as catholic as her name, as limitless as 
 the charity of Christ. But she can pray in the name only of 
 those who have associated themselves with her, who have 
 become her members either in accomplished fact or in clearly 
 declared intention and desire. She prays this day not only 
 for Senator Barbour, but in his name, because for years past 
 he had identified his religious life entirely with her. She 
 regards him as having been a catechumen, a candidate for 
 baptism and for full membership in her communion, for such 
 his words and acts plainly declared him to be. And from the 
 earliest days of the Church's history we see with what special 
 tenderness she regarded her catechumens. History has i)re- 
 served to us the discourse pronounced by the great St. 
 Ambrose over the Emi)eror Valentinian, who wascut off by an 
 
22 Funeral Ceremonies in the Senate Chamber. 
 
 untimely death ere yet he had joiDed the membership of the 
 Church by receiving baptism. 
 
 Grieve not — 
 
 Says the saint — 
 
 because he died without the sacrament of baptism. Tell me, is there any- 
 thing on lour part but the will, the desire ? That grace he desired he asked 
 for; who then will say that havingasked he did not receive? Assuredly 
 because he asked the grace he received it. Pour forth then, O Eternal 
 Father — 
 
 He continues — ^ 
 
 poui forth on this Thy servant the abundance of the mercy and the grace 
 which he so desired. As Thou has crowned Thy unbaptized martyrs with 
 the baptism of their blood, so crown this Thy servant with the baptism of 
 his desire. And ye. brethren — 
 
 He exclaims to the i)eople — 
 
 unite your supplications with mine; offer for his soul the holy mysteries; 
 with pious affection let us pray for his repose ; by the oflering of the heav- 
 enly sacrements let us follow his soul with spiritual help. I scatter not 
 flowers on his tomb, but I pour upon his soul the sweet perfume of Christ. 
 With this will 1 sanctify his remains ; through this will I invoke on him 
 all heavenly grace. 
 
 In very many word.s like these, all glowing with faith and 
 charity, all laden with the sweetness of Christian hope, did 
 this great father of the Church utter the feelings of his soul 
 towards his beloved catechumen. And well we know that tliis 
 was no prompting of human respect, no sacrifice of Christian 
 principle to the dignity of the dead emperor. For it was that 
 same Ambrose who met the Emperor Theodosius at the church 
 door and drove him fi'om the consecrated threshold and ft-uiii 
 the communion of the faithful, because the blood of the people 
 of Thessalonica was on his hands. No, it was a duty which 
 the great bishop knew that he owed to the catechumen whom 
 death had so suddenly snatched away. And were he here 
 to-day he would speak and act in like manner towards this our 
 friend, who years ago declared his intention of becoming a 
 
Funeral Ceremonies in the Senate Chamber. 23 
 
 membei- of the old Church of Jesus Christ, who, wheu the duties 
 of public life, which he then thought he had laid aside for 
 ever, again seized on him and absorbed him, though he tem- 
 porarily delayed the final step, never retracted his expressed 
 determination to take it, who all these years has spoken and 
 acted as if he were already in full membership, and who, had 
 time been given him at the last, would assuredly, as his family 
 well knew, have asked for the grace and consolation of her 
 sacred rites. 
 
 What Ambrose did fifteen hundred years ago we, his suc- 
 cessors in the holy ministry, do to-day. And his eminence 
 Cardinal Gibbons finding it impossible to fulfill this sad duty 
 himself, glad am I that to liie should fall the honor of filling 
 his place; for during the eleven years that Richmond was my 
 home and Virginia the field of my episcopal labor.s I shared in 
 the pride that every Virginian felt at having for the repre- 
 sentative of the proud old State in the national ( Jougress so 
 honorable, so high-toned, so spotless a man as John S. Bar- 
 bour. When, about six years ago, shortly after the untimely 
 death of his saintly and beloved wife, he gave me to under- 
 stand that soon we would be fellow Catholics, I rejoiced that 
 the luster which his civic virtues reflected on his State and the 
 honor which his public career did to his whole country was 
 likewise to be shared in by the old chui'ch of all the ages, the 
 mother of saints and heroes and sturdy upright men and women 
 in every age and clime and condition of human life. Their 
 lives are a testimony to her which she values highly because 
 of its utility to their fellow-meu. 
 
 In this age of intense activity, when absorption in temporal 
 pursuits so often makes men unmindful of their eternal inter- 
 ests; when the hard- wrought children of men are so prone to 
 think that fidelity to the business of this life "renders it 
 impossible to lie busy about the life to come; when CiBsar's 
 
24 Funeral Ceremonies in the Senate Chamber. 
 
 claims are so imperious and so all-pervasive that the repre- 
 sentative of the spiritual order is apt to be considered, as her 
 Divine Founder was, an mtruder, a usuiper, a disturber of the 
 public peace — in such an age that man is a benefactor to his 
 race who by the example of his life gives practical proof that 
 it is possible and easy to be at the same time an energetic 
 business man and yet a man of prayer, to l)e an active poli- 
 tician and yet a conscientiously religions man, to be a clear- 
 sighted American statesman and yet a firm believer in the old 
 Catholic Church of Jesus Christ. 
 
 Soon this Senate Chamber will resound with eloquent tributes 
 to the admirable character and the eminent public services of 
 this good and noble man. Would that the sound of those eulo- 
 gies might reach so far and sink so deep into the heart of the 
 nation that all his fellow-citizens might thereby be spurred to 
 emulate his civic virtues. Would that the moral of his life 
 might inspire good men everywhere with a better appreciation 
 of their duty to their country, with a firm resolve that no pri- 
 vate considerations should hinder them from taking their full 
 part in safeguarding the public interests, instead of leaving 
 them to the mercy of selfishness and greed. Would tliat, 
 before this example of cleanhanded public service, venality 
 and corruption might cower in shame and disappear from the 
 sanctuary of our country's liberties forever. Would that, at the 
 sight of this union of Ameri(-an statesmanship with Catholic 
 faith, the outcry of religious animosity, so out of place in this 
 land of civil and religious liberty, might forever be hushed. 
 And, oh, would that, above all, the silent eloquence of this 
 impressive spectacle might indelibly imprint on the mind of our 
 country and on the minds of all her public men that lesson so 
 solemnly taught us by Washington in his Farewell Address, 
 that the absolutely indispensable foundation and props of 
 national prosperity must be morality and religion. 
 
Funeral Ceremonies in the Senate Chamber. 25 
 
 Grant, O Heavenly Father, that such maybe the beneficent 
 fruit of the life and the death of this good man. From his 
 example may there go forth an influence to purify and to elevate 
 the life of his people. May his country, which so lovingly hon- 
 ors his memory and so sincerely deplores his loss, reap profit 
 from the practical lesson which his death bequeaths to all her 
 citizens. May his testimony to the faith of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ strengthen that faith in the souls of us all and make it 
 invulnerable against the attacks of unbelief. And as Thy 
 holy Pontiff, St. Ambrose, prayed for the soul of his beloved 
 catechumen, so do we implore thee, O Father of Mercies and 
 God of all consolation, to deal in sweetest mercy and love with 
 the soul of this Thy servant. Eternal rest grant unto him, O 
 Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in 
 peace. Amen. 
 
 The Vice-President. The committee of arrangements will 
 escort the remains of the deceased Senator from the Chamber, 
 and after the guests of the Senate have retired the Senate 
 will accompany the body to the residence of the late Senator 
 Barbour, returning to the Chamber for fiirther duty. 
 
 The casket was borne from the Chamber, and the Senate, as 
 a body, the invited guests, and the clergymen attended the 
 remains. 
 
 At 2 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m. the Senate returned to its 
 Chamber, and the Vice-President resumed the chair. 
 
 Mr. Manderson. I move that the Senate do now adjourn. 
 
 The motion was agreed to; and (at 2 o'clock and 11 minutes 
 p. m.) the Senate adjourned untU to-morrow, Tuesday, May 17, 
 1892, at 12 o'clock meridian. 
 
EULOGIES IN THE SENATE. 
 
 February 3, 1893. 
 Mr. Daniel. Mr, President, I offer tbe resolutious which I 
 send to the desk. 
 The Vice President. The resolutions will be read. 
 The Chief Clerk read as follows : 
 
 Srsolved, That the .Senate deplores the death of the Hon. John Strode 
 Barbour, late a .Senator from the State of Virginia. 
 
 Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the 
 business of the .Senate be now suspended to enable his a.ssociates to ])ay 
 proper tribute of regard to his higli character and distinguished public 
 service. 
 
 liesohcd, That the Secretary of the Senate commnnicate these resolu- 
 tions to the House of Representatives. 
 
 The resolutions were unanimously agi'eed to. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Daniel, of Virginia, 
 
 Mr. President : My late colleague, the Hon. John Strode 
 Barbour, to whom we now pay our parting tribute, fiUed 
 exalted stations in the public service of his State and country 
 with commensurate ability, and closed here amidst his Sen- 
 atorial labors the rounded period of a weU-spent life. "As 
 are our days, so may our strength be," is the prayer of him 
 who would fill earthlj' existence with unfailing measure of 
 good works. To him this prayer was answered. 
 
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28 Address of Mr. Daniel, of I 'irginia, on the 
 
 ■ Although the hoary locks of three score years and ten 
 crowned his brow, decay had not mai-red his powers nor the 
 biu'den of age bent his form. While will, energy, and faculty 
 responded to every call of duty and the heart still found sat- 
 isfaction in the tasks of to-day and the hopes of to-morrow, 
 the last message that comes to the living from our Lord and 
 Master came unto him, and he closed his eyes in peace. We 
 shall miss the good cheer of his friendship, the help of his 
 counsel, aud the fruit of his toil. We shall mourn alike the 
 public loss of their valued servant and the personal bereave- 
 ment that afflicts the hearts of many, friends. But for him, 
 shall we not rejoice that his moi'tal pang was brief and that 
 his length of days was filled to the uttermost with the worthy 
 deeds of a useful, an honorable, and a distinguished life? 
 
 John Strode Barbour was born in Culpeper County, Vir- 
 ginia, on December the 29th, 1820, and died suddenly at his 
 residence in this city about 5 o'clock in the morning of Satur- 
 day, May the 14th, 1892, in the seventy-second year of his age. 
 The day before he occupied his seat in the Senate, and had 
 been busy with his accustomed tasks; the evening he had 
 spent in dispatching his correspondence and in social converse 
 with a few of his friends and neighbors who had called upon 
 him. When he retired to rest it was with the prospect that 
 years of continued usefulness stretched before him, and those 
 who said "Good night" to him had little notion that the last 
 farewell was spoken. About daylight he awoke with pain, 
 aud a physician was sent for, but before remedial agencies 
 could be effective heart failure had done the work of death, 
 aud as the city awoke to its labors his spirit passed to its 
 eternal rest. 
 
 At the time of this sad occurrence I was detained at my home 
 in Virginia by sickness and was denied the privilege of sharing 
 with the Senate in the funeral honors paid to our dead friend ; 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 29 
 
 but I had the oijpoitiuiity of hearing amongst his constituents 
 the general expressions of gTief which were elicited by his 
 death and of realizing how greatly he was esteemed and how 
 deeply he was deplored. From all sections of the State and by 
 •all classes of the people were manifested tokens of sorrow, 
 appreciation, and regard; from those who had been with him 
 and under him in the railroad service, those who had shared his 
 political labors, and from that wide circle of neighbors and 
 friends who were his associates in the diversified walks of life. 
 
 The State felt throughout its borders that it had lost a citizen 
 whose whole life had been worthily devoted to the service of 
 his i)eople, and whose loss it would be difficult to supply. In 
 terms of singular eloquence and power, his friend, the Hon. 
 John E. Kenna, of West Virginia (now, alas! no more), 
 announced his death in the Senate on the day of its occurrence, 
 and here in the Senate Chamber his funeral rites were 
 conducted. Hence his remains were borne, attended by the 
 Congressional committee appointed for the jturpose and by a 
 concourse of friends, to the family seat of his deceased wife in 
 Prince George's County, Maryland, and there by the side of the 
 beloved companion who made life's journey with him and who 
 had a few years preceded him in death, "Earth to earth and 
 dust to dust" was spoken over him. 
 
 The hfe of John S. Barbouk was not one whose great suc- 
 cess was attained by sudden sallies of energy or by brilliant 
 strokes of genius. It was more than this — a life sustained by 
 a stable, steadfast, and lofty purpose and by that regular, per- 
 sistent, and continuous effort which alone can build that which 
 endures. He was de.scended from a family which has furnished 
 many names distinguished in public annals. One of his ances- 
 tors, James Barbour, represented Culi>eper in the House of 
 Burgesses in colonial days. 
 
 His father, whose name he bore and whose oldest son he 
 
oO Address of Mr. Daniel, of Virginia, on the 
 
 was, was a prominent lawyer of his county and a member of 
 the Virginia convention that framed its constitution in 1829 and 
 1830, and later a Representative in Congress. His kinsman, 
 Philip Pendleton Barbour, was Speaker of the House of Rep- 
 resentatives and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 
 of the United States. Another kinsman, James Barbour, was 
 governor of Virginia during the war of 1812, and served as 
 Senator of the United States, Secretary of War, and minister 
 to Great Britain. Others of the same family have made note- 
 worthy names in legal, literary, political, and business circles. 
 
 John S. Barbour early in life developed the ambitious tend- 
 encies and large capacities of the family to which he belonged. 
 After being well prepared in the schools of his native county 
 he attended lectures at the T'niversity of Virginia for three 
 years, and graduating in the school of law in 1812 entered 
 immediately upon the practice of his profession. A few years 
 later, in 1S47, he became a member of the house of delegates ot 
 Virginia. He was reelected in 181'.>, and served altogether in 
 this capacity for four consecutive sessions. 
 
 In 1851 his capacity for business was recognized in his elec- 
 tion by a well-nigh unanimous vote of the stockholders to the 
 position of president of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad 
 Company, an organization chartered to build a railroad from 
 Alexamlria to Gordonsville — a distance of 88 miles. It was 
 in this occupation that he found his life-work. Under his 
 administration the railroad was not only built according 
 to its early projection, but was extended across the Common- 
 wealth to the North Carolina line, and from time to time various 
 lateral branches of nearly 500 miles of aggregate length were 
 constructed; and he continued for thirty-three years, until 
 December the 20th, 1884, the president of the company of 
 which he well might be called the father. 
 
 Resigning the railroad service in 1884, he received from all 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 31 
 
 who had been associated witli him in his labors testimonials 
 of the ntmost respect and appreciation. The directors of the 
 company entertained him at a dinner at the Union Leagne 
 Club in New York and presented him with a silver service, 
 accompanied with a beautifully engrossed series of resolutions 
 testifying their regret at his retirement. Wliat seemed to be 
 more touching to his feeUngs was the tribute paid him by the 
 employes of the company who contributed one day's wages to 
 purchase for him a handsome watch. His parting with the 
 officials and employes was characterized by every incident 
 tending to mark the affectionate regard in which he was held 
 by them all, and we may well believe that he spoke the sim- 
 j)le truth when he said to them : 
 
 If the tongue fail in responsive eloquence my heart is full of appreciation. 
 I would remember with grateful feelings the constant kindness with which 
 I hare always been treated, and I will ever keep this token as a memorial 
 of my connection with you. My railroad life is my pride. While I have 
 received other honors, while I have enjoyed the confidence of my fellow- 
 citizens in counties and districts in various ways in my past career, I take 
 most pleasure and satifaction in the hours I spent in the business connec- 
 tion with you, to which I have devoted the best years of my past. In 
 these years of service I have formed associations with the men in the service 
 of the company which I shall never forget. In this work and in this com- 
 pany I have found my most cherished and congenial employment. As a 
 railroad ofiBcial I trust I have always done my duty first. I hope also that 
 in doing it I have always had regard to the feelings and interests of the 
 men associated with me in the operations of the company. I regard the 
 time of my connection with them as the most pleasant of my life. 
 
 I was recently the recipient from the company that I had lately served 
 of a service of silver, which I fully appreciated, but on this occasion this 
 token of regard from you has far higher value. I accept the gift with the 
 deepest sensibility of which I iim capable. It will always remind me 
 of the useful and pleasant associations with the men of the Virginia 
 Midland Railway. 
 
 Many of you were associated with me in the infancy of the Virginia Mid- 
 land Railway, and now when it has grown and is fuUy capable of standing 
 
32 Address of Mr. Daniel^ of I 'irginia^ on the 
 
 ou its feet, I can but regard this watch as an emblem of the best memo- 
 rial of the work which has been done in accomplishing this object. I have 
 only to thank you in all the sincerity of my nature for your respect and 
 esteem. 
 
 Looking on this as one of the most pleasant incidents of my life, your 
 valued gift must ever remind me of my past association withrailroad men. 
 Railroad men have an impcirtant duty to perform. Some of the highest 
 interests of the community are in their keeping. That duty has always 
 been so thoroughly performed as to give them the ccmfidence of the com- 
 mvinity in which they live, and I am glad to feel that I have been so long 
 and pleasantly associated with it. Again I thank you, gentlemen, and will 
 detain yon no longer. 
 
 No strike amongst the employes of the company occurred 
 during the thirty-three years of his service. The people of the 
 communities served by the company as well as its employes 
 entertained for Mr. Barbour the highest sentiments of con- 
 fldence and respect. It is rare indeed — it is almost without 
 a precedent — that an oihce should have been conducted, so 
 varied and perplexing in its duties, and in which such 
 diverse interests must be consulted, with such tact and justice 
 as to elicit golden opinions from all sorts of people, and this 
 one fact speaks more for his ability and for his worth than a 
 volume of eulogy. 
 
 In 1880 the Hon. Eppa Hunton, who had represented the 
 Eighth district of Virginia for four successive terms in Con- 
 gress, retired from candidacy, and the Democratic convention 
 assembled to nominate his successor was for awhile unable to 
 reach a conclusion. Without Mr. Barbour being a candidate 
 or seeking the jiosition, his name served as a resolvent of diffi- 
 culties, and upon its suggestion his nomination followed. He 
 was elected in due course a member of the Forty-seventh, 
 Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses, and was succeeded 
 by the Hon. W. H. F. Lee, whose death he himself announced 
 in this Chamber but a brief time before we were called ui)on 
 to mourn his own. 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 33 
 
 In 1883 political excitement in Virginia ran liigli and the 
 opponents of the Democratic party were in complete ascend 
 ency. The contentions as to men and measures were hot and 
 fierce and both sides ranged their forces for a great struggle. 
 At the State convention of the Democracy, which assembled 
 in Lynchburg, by general consent Mr. Barboue was made 
 chairman of the Democratic party. The functions of this 
 position he discharged with great diligence and ability, and 
 as a result of the victory which ensued his popularity was 
 widely extended. In December, 1887, he was unanimously 
 and without rivalry or competition nominated by his party 
 caucus for the Senate of the United States, and being elected 
 he entered, on the 4th of March, 1889, upon the term of service 
 of which scarcely two years expired when death terminated 
 his labors. 
 
 It is difficult to analyze with accuracy, as it is difficult to 
 portray with skill the mental faculties and the personal charac- 
 teristics of a man of affairs such as Senator Barbour was, and 
 yet I fancy that certain salient features of mind and method 
 may be readily recognized in him and in his life. His mind 
 was comprehensive, discerning, and discreet, and was well 
 stored with common sense. He was eminently practical in his 
 aims and methods, but in pursuit and practice he never trans- 
 scended the instinctive modesty of the well bred gentleman, 
 lior relaxed the firm purpose of the determined and well col- 
 lected man. 
 
 He was broaa, liberal, and charitable in his opinions — a 
 cautious and sagacious counselor, foresighted, industrious in 
 duty, seldom impulsive, but always persistent, capable of sus- 
 tained and well directed effort, singularly devoid of the nar 
 rowness of the bigot, the vehemence of the zealot, and the 
 vindictiveness of the mean. His political opponents he never 
 judged with harshness. He knew the measure of respect due 
 S. Mis. 04 3 
 
34 Address of Mr. Daniel, of I 'irgiiiia, on the 
 
 others and to their opinions; he knew the allowances which 
 must be made by all who seek just judgment for the diversities 
 and the contrarieties of enviroumeut, education, interests, and 
 sentiment. I have seldom if ever known a man who cherished 
 so little the bitterness, rivalry, and jealousy which are natur- 
 ally excited by sharp conflicts. He was stronger in his likes 
 than in his dislikes, as are most rich and generous natures. 
 He loved tojserve others and to see others prosper. 
 
 As a public man he served mauy from whom no selfish calcu- 
 lation could anticipate return of favor. liespectful and accessi- 
 ble to all alike, he gave friendly ear and hand to the humble 
 without condescension, and he had no disposition to fawn upon 
 the great. He was honest, independent, and outspoken in his 
 opinions, criticising freely, but without acerbity. He had little 
 disposition to be dogmatic, and no one listened more agreeably 
 to suggestion or sought more studiously to profit by it. His 
 career was characterized by a profound and unvarying wisdom 
 rather than by isolated acts of swift and brilliant inspiration. 
 
 No party leader could have been freer from just imputation 
 of attempting bossism. He had not the spirit that would 
 brook assumption, intolerance, and dictation on the part of 
 others, and he never evinced a disposition to set up pretensions 
 to undue power in himself, and my respect and admiration for 
 him as a man and as an ofiflcial continually increased as I wit- 
 nessed the patriotic considerations that controlled his public 
 career. I rejoice that our relations wtn-e firmly established in 
 friendship, and that I am enabled from knowledge to bear this 
 testimony to his worth. He was an honor to the Common- 
 wealth which sent him here, and I mourn him as a servant who 
 was loyal to every interest confided to his hands, and as a friend 
 whose ready instincts responded to whatever was noble, gen- 
 erous, and kind. 
 
 Senator Barbour was a life-long Democrat and a firm 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 35 
 
 believer in tliose fundamental creeds of democracy which 
 are so deeply implanted in the bosom of our race — the love 
 of individual right, local right, home right, and public right. 
 While his mind was schooled in the law and he had liberal 
 culture and extensive information his experience and wrestles 
 with the hard forces of economic and political strife had 
 expanded it beyond the technicalities of pedantic learning. 
 He dealt with great issues with a breadth and scope of 
 judgment which transcended the lines of special pleading. 
 
 The rough verity of nature to its principles and the stead 
 fast trend of Providence to its achievements, furnished him 
 models, standards higher and truer than those which may be 
 fiuind in subtle dialectics; while the ennobling and softening 
 teachings of the Christian creed found ft'uitage in his many 
 acts of lo\'ing kindness and in the cheer and grace of his 
 hospitable fireside. 
 
 Senator Barbour was not a ]iublic speaker and seldom 
 appeared upon the hustings. When he did he usually con 
 tented himself with the enunciation of his position on i)ublic 
 questions, leaving to others the task of advocacy; but he 
 wielded a pen that was ready and vigorous in its powers of 
 expression, and when he spoke in the Senate, as he did on 
 several occasions, his colleagues were impressed with the 
 clearness, directness, and force with which he stated and 
 enforced his views. Senator Barbour was very diligent in 
 service to his constituents and in attention to the various 
 measures in which they were interested. His patience was 
 untiring, and his labors were vast in lines of investigation and 
 exertion which were not conspicuous to public view nor cal- 
 culated to elicit public notice. 
 
 The usefulness of Senator Barbour's life was its great and 
 crowning characteristic. He was faithful to the community 
 in which he lived, and a moving sj)irit in its i)ublic works. 
 
36 Address of Mr. Manderson, of Nebraska^ on the 
 
 He was useful to bis family connections, doing the worthy part 
 of the true kinsman, to cherish and advance their welfare. 
 He was useful to his neighbors and associates, and was trusted 
 and consulted and beloved by them. He was useful to his 
 State, of whose good name lie was jealous; to whose fortunes 
 he was devoted ; whose history and traditions he fondly loved, 
 and whose people he honored and faithfully served. He was 
 useful to his country, and in its high places lie set a note- 
 worthy example of patriotism, decorum, and moderation. 
 
 Our friend's task is done. At the ripe age of 72 his life, 
 well tilled in its sum of joys and sorrows, and well tilled, too, 
 in well accomplished works, has expired like a flame which, 
 while shedding a bright and gracious light, is suddenly 
 extinguished. We may rejoice that ere feeble nature sunk 
 under the weight of years, ere withered jjowers made mockery 
 of former jiride, ere disai)poiutment added poignancy to the 
 well-filled cup, he has passed from work to rest. 
 
 He remains with us a pleasant, wholesome, and ennobling 
 memory. His friends, whose names are legion, will keep alive 
 his endearing traits and virtues, and his State and country 
 will write his name in their story as a wise legislator and true 
 patriot who loved and served them well. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. MANDERSON, OF NEBRASKA. 
 
 Mr. President: The interesting details of the symmetrical 
 life and well rounded career of John S. Barbour have been 
 given to the Senate by the distinguished gentleman who was 
 his associate and colleague in the performance of public duty 
 in this CUiamber. Tlie recital is like unto a stately march to 
 sweetest music. 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 37 
 
 From the formiug of the column in the Old Dominion, nearly 
 three-quarters of a centirry ago, down through the long line to 
 the time when the parade was dismissed, under the shadow of 
 the dome of the nation's Capitol, the movement was regular 
 and majestic. 
 
 There is in its contemplation profound satisfaction to all who 
 witnessed it, and to those entirely familiar with it solace and 
 consolation that overcome grief and bereavement. 
 
 To the boy child, born in Virginia in 1820, there was the boon 
 of distinguished ancestry and the comforting sense of honorable 
 family antecedents to excite honest pride and comi)el that sense 
 of noblesse oblige that is the main spur to heroic endeavor and 
 noble deeds. 
 
 His great grandfather, a member of the House of Burgesses 
 in the old colonial days, his grandfather equally prominent in 
 the great State whose boundaries in the early days of the 
 Republic were from tidewater to the setting sun, his father a 
 Representative from his district in the Congress, with a great 
 uncle Speaker of the National House of Representatives and 
 a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and 
 another great uncle governor of his state. Secretary of War, 
 Minister to England and United States Senator, there came 
 to young Baebour, with the natural pride in his ancestry, 
 deep obligation to keep the treasured name unsullied. He 
 might indeed say, honor is the very 
 
 Jewel of our house, bequeathed down from my ancestors. 
 To this advantageous birthright was added a course in that 
 great university that is the pride and boast of "Virginia. If 
 Thomas Jefl'erson had no other claim to the gratitude and 
 reverence of his countrymen, the fact that his enlightened 
 views, progressive spirit, and far-seeing vision prompted him 
 to take steps for the founding and rearing of that great 
 
38 Address of Mr. Mandcrson, of Nebraska, on the 
 
 school, which has tiaiued for the public service so many 
 master miiuls, would be sutticient. 
 
 Acquiriug the profession of the law and embarking in its 
 practice in his native county of Culpeper, there came that suc- 
 cess that showed his fitness for it; for in law as in war, " suc- 
 cess is the criterion of generalship." He had that judicial turn 
 of mind that would probably have brought his steps to the 
 bench, had they not been led by ambition for the speedier fame 
 that came from political life and the more assured fortune flow- 
 ing from connection with one of the great enterprises that 
 were extending roads of iron throughout all our borders. 
 
 The fortune came from thirty years of labor in that most 
 exacting of pursuits, the management and control of a great 
 railroad. 
 
 Just as surely as the ponderous engine, pulsating with 
 apparent life and the impersonation of energy, wears itself 
 out at last and i.s thrown to the waste heap, so the vigorous, 
 energetic man, who seems untiring in his efforts to advance the 
 corporate interests intrusted to him, finds the time come when 
 physical failure and mental wreck result. 
 
 Fortunately for our friend there came surcease of the destroy- 
 ing lab(tr incident to corporate control in the demands of the 
 political life that brought him fiime and well-earned renown. 
 
 In politics he reached the culmination by orderly approaches. 
 His was no sudden leap full-armed into the national arena. 
 Four sessions of service in the legislature of his State, and 
 three consecutive terms in the House of Representatives, 
 brought him to this Chamber by well-worn paths, and permit- 
 ted no obstacle in the way of performance of his duty in com- 
 mittee and on the floor. He was not a showy member of the 
 Senate. Modest and retiring by nature, he cared nothing for 
 forensic display or oratorical pyrotechnics. None the less he 
 did his full duty as legislator, and the public business entrusted 
 to him received ample consideration and painstaking attention. 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 39 
 
 His march of life ended in May last. Death came la form 
 the most acceptable. No lingering illness with its hours of 
 suffering and painful anticipation of the end. He was with 
 us performing his task during the day, the evening was spent 
 in his library in converse with family and friends. The morn- 
 ing's sun rose and with it his spirit left the clay. How vain 
 the speculation as to whither it went. 
 
 It was a brave spirit and a noble, actuating John S. Bar- 
 bour to deeds that force our respect and to achievements 
 that command our admiration. 
 
 We believe it to be an indestructible essence, and whether 
 its future shall be in other spheres, or whether it shall assume 
 another incarnation we know not; but are content that in this 
 body, here with us, and in this form so lanuliar to us, it prompted 
 to all that was good and " acted well its part." 
 
 We who have crossed over the center line of life find that 
 
 day by day there is increase of those who will welcome us on 
 
 the other shore. 
 
 Men drop so fast ere life's mid stage we tread 
 Few know so many friends alive as dead. 
 
 It is well that it is so, for from the fact comes reconcilement 
 to the inevitable. 
 
 Last night as I looked through the Record for the triljute 
 paid to Senator Barboitr's memory on the occasion of his 
 decease it was with deep interest I saw that the announcement 
 of his death was made by Senator Kenna. 
 
 The fact had passed from my memory, but as I read the 
 eloquent tribute to the dead Virginian by the living West 
 Virginian how vividly did I recall the scene. The youthful 
 orator, who but yesterday was one of us, has also joined the 
 vast majority. In the early days of the first session of this 
 Congress there died the virile, active, energetic Senator from 
 
40 Address of Mr. Mandcrson., of Nebraska^ on the 
 
 the State of Kansas, Treston B. Plumb. Senator Kenna 
 
 made reference to his untimely taking off, and, as though he 
 
 held in hand — 
 
 That golden key 
 
 That opes the palace of eternity — 
 
 said impressively: 
 
 Mr. President, in this second sudden visitation of Providence in the 
 ■present session of the Senate, we recognize a power in whose inscrutable 
 wisdom we were horn to live and in the presence of whose unchallenge- 
 able majesty we are born to die. 
 
 These two Senators from adjoining States had much in com- 
 mon. They were not only close friends but near neighbors and 
 had an intimacy of knowledge of each other that enabled them 
 to gauge each the other. In language more eloquent than I 
 can give, John E. Kenna gave this estimate of the character 
 and tribute to the memory of John S. Barbour. 
 
 He said : 
 
 And yet, Mr. President, speaking for myself and making frank expres- 
 sion of the inspiration of which this solemn occasion possesses me, 1 have 
 felt, as the associate and neighbor and friend of Mr. Barbour, that mem- 
 ories of his private virtues and public career, elevated and clean, and 
 noble as they were, give back, at least in some degree, a compensation from 
 the grave. They soften by the sweet influences which radiate from the 
 consciousness of a life well spent the asperities of grief which nature is 
 prone to indulge on occasions like this. This death is to my mind the gath- 
 ering of ripened fruit, the garnering of the sheaf in the full measure of its 
 golden maturity. 
 
 .John S. Barboi'R was in all the relations of this world an elevated char- 
 acter and an upright man. His sterling (lualities of mind and heart bore 
 practical fruit. His genius for afli'airs made monuments in the liusiness 
 and public walks of men, as, in a narrow sphere, his humanity made grati- 
 tudes which will follow like angels, guarding him to the tomb. 
 
 When the Senate, as is its custom, shall have set apart a day to be 
 devoted to the recounting of his manly virtues, and the exhibition of the 
 elements of his lofty character, it will be seen of all that his traits were 
 above those of most of his fellow-men; that he was useful and valuable to 
 his country and his countrymen ; that he practiced justice and fair dealing ; 
 that he was imbued with a love of right; that he gave example worthy of 
 emulation by youth as well as by age, and that he moved and had his being, 
 ■without ostentation or form, in the reverence and veneration of his God. 
 
Lije and Character of John S. Barbour. 41 
 
 Choice words fitly spoken. Great heart's tribute to great 
 heart. It can well be said of either, now that both are gone — 
 
 Calmly lie look'd on either life, and here 
 Saw nothing to reKiet, or there to fear; 
 From nature's temperate feast rose satistieil ; 
 Thauk'd Heav'ii that he had lived, aud tliat he died. 
 
 Address of Mr. Faulkner, of West Virginia. 
 
 Mr. President : I can not permit this occasion to pass with- 
 out i)aying my humble yet sincere tribute to the memory of 
 John S. Babbour, of Virginia. 
 
 Representing, as I do, in part, a State that thirty years ago 
 was a part of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and a people 
 who are proud to claim as a part of their heritage the tradi- 
 tions aud history of the mother State, it is but natural that 
 since our separation we have watched mth the deepest inter- 
 est the progress of events in that Commonwealth and the record 
 of her sons, to whom have been committed to a great extent 
 the destinies of her people. 
 
 Because of this fact, the public record of John S. Barbour 
 was as thoroughly known to the people of luy State as it was 
 to those of his own that he served so loyally, but personally I 
 had never had the pleasure of his acquaintance until lie was 
 sworn in as a member of this body. 
 
 Assigned to a seat next to the one I occupied, and serving 
 with me upon two committees, I soon learned to appreciate 
 his many valuable qualities and to seek his counsel in reference 
 to many public questions of nuitual interest to those we rep- 
 resented. As our acquaintance rapidly ripened into a warm 
 friendship, and those sterling qualities oi mind and heart 
 which stamped upon him his individuality became better 
 known to me, I learned to appreciate most highly those char- 
 
42 Address of Mr. Faulkner, of West Virginia, on the 
 
 aeteristics which had made him the central figure in one of the 
 most important crises of Virginia's history. 
 
 Mr. Barbour was a man possessing the highest elements 
 of leadership, of firm and accurate convictions in reference to 
 those fundamental principles on which must depend the peace, 
 tranquillity, and perpetuity of (jur dual system of Govern- 
 ment; of a fearless honesty in the expression of his opinions 
 upon any public question, regardless as to whether at the time 
 the position he assumed was popular or unpopular, relying 
 upon the sober second judgment of the people to vindicate the 
 correctness of his action, and of a tenacity of piupose in seek- 
 ing to secure practical results, scarcely surpassed, if at all, by 
 anyone I have met in public life. 
 
 Mr. Barbour was not a man of impulse or sentiment, nor 
 ■was he a dreamer or theorist. His was essentially a practical 
 mind. Practical in legislation, practical in politics, and practi- 
 cal in all the business pursuits in which he engaged, whatever 
 course he selected to pursue was the result of mature reflection 
 and earnest conviction. He subordinated everything to direct- 
 ness of purpose. His success in life was not obtained by diplo- 
 matic maneuvering, but by concentrating his powers for direct, 
 aggressive, aud unmasked attack. 
 
 Mr. Barbour was one who never sought to obtrude his opin- 
 ions unasked upon others, nor did he hesitate in giving them 
 expressiou when duty or circumstances required him to speak, 
 and when he gave expression to his views, it was done in no 
 hesitating or doubtful manner. He was always i)lain, blunt, 
 and positive in his utterance, being careful to leave no one iu 
 doubt as to the conclusion he had reached. He was not a time- 
 server, and consequently his ])osition was never equivocal. 
 
 As an adviser and counselor he had few, if any, superiors; 
 possessing a quiet, calm judgment, broad experience, and a 
 mind well stored with accumulated information, the result of 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 43 
 
 years of critical observation aud deep reflection, coupled with 
 a delicate sense of right and wrong, his advice was sought by 
 friends aud colleagTies, and his wise counsel was received with 
 the respect inspired by the coufldeuce which his associates had 
 in the correctness and accuracy of his judgment. 
 
 Mr. President, Virginia has been represented upon this floor 
 by many of her most distinguished sons, but I venture the 
 assertion that among that brilliant galaxy of statesmen whose 
 patriotism and genius has assisted in guiding the destinies of 
 our nation, no one among them was more loyal to her interests, 
 more devoted to her ti'aditions and history, more sensitive of 
 her honor, or more truly representative of her people than 
 John S. Barbour. In his death we, his associates in this 
 Chamber, are sensible of the fact that we have experienced a 
 personal bereavement ; the Commonwealth of Virginia has been 
 deprived of the services of a true, loyal, and representative 
 son, and the nation has lost a wise and patriotic legislator, a 
 pure and incorruptible citizen. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. GALLINGER, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 Mr. I'KESIDENT: John W. Barbour was a good man. and 
 no higher tribute will be paid to him today than is embraced in 
 tho.se few simple words. He was honest, sincere, amiable, 
 kiiul hearted, benevolent, and public-spirited. Unostenta- 
 tious, courtly, dignified, aud usually reticent, his great worth 
 was known onlj- to those who associated with him, aud who 
 had thus come to learn the sweetness of his nature and the 
 nobility of his character. 
 
 In the Forty-ninth aud Fiftieth Congresses I was associated 
 with Mr. Barbour. During that service we frequently met, 
 and I learned to greatly admire him. He was a gentleman in 
 
44 Address of Air. (Jallingcr^ of New Hampshire^ on the 
 
 the truest ami best seuse. As a lejiislator he was careful aiul 
 painstaking, and both in his public and private capacity stood 
 deservedly strong with the people of his State. He was withal 
 a politician of more than ordinary sagacity and skill, and his 
 political associates in Virginia looked with great confidence 
 upon his management of party affairs. 
 
 Mr. Barbour made little noise in the world, but he was 
 nevertheless influential, successful, and strong. His mind was 
 as clear as amber, and his perceptions wonderfully quick and 
 intuitive. A quiet man, he delighted and charmed those wh<i 
 knew him well, being a most agreeable companion and popular 
 host. Attentive to his legislative duties and devoted to his 
 books, he found time to enjoy his farm, his horses, and his 
 friends; and sociallj^ he was a prince among men. 
 
 During my service in the House of Eepresentatives a great 
 personal sorrow came to Mr. Barbour. A note of condolence 
 made him my fast friend, and upon my advent to the Senate no 
 warmer hand-grasp was received than that from the dead Sena- 
 tor. In the Senate we were assigned to duty on the same 
 Committee — the Committee on the District of Columbia — and 
 here the friendshixi of former days was renewed and strength- 
 ened. As a member of that committee ]Mr. Barbot'R was 
 attentive, industrious, and discriminating. He felt a great 
 interest in everything pertaining to the present and ftiture 
 welfare of the city of Washington, and his vote was always 
 given to measures calculated to beautify and advance the 
 nation's capital. 
 
 The last time I saw him was at a meeting of that committee, 
 and two weeks after, upon my return from a temporary absence 
 to my home, his seat in the committee room was vacant, and 
 his gracious presence was withdrawn from this Chamber. 
 
 .Mr, President, the greatest of dramatists exclaimed, "Death, 
 a necessary end, will come when it will come. " It came to 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 45 
 
 our distinguished associate suddenly and unexpectedly. For- 
 tunately he was prepared for death. His life had been pure, 
 his aspii'ations lofty, his ambitions patriotic. He lived in the 
 love of those who knew him best; in the respect of those 
 with whom he associated; iu the confidence of all with whom 
 he dealt. 
 
 Thus living, the best preparation for death had been made 
 and the transition wastidni a world of care and pain to one of 
 peace aud blessed enjoyment. 
 
 A good man, a pure citizen, a faithful public servant, a high- 
 minded, honorable gentleman was John S. Barbour, aud the 
 tributes of respect paid to his memory to-day are but a feeble 
 and inadequate expression of the tenderness of feeling and 
 the strength of appreciation that those of us who knew and 
 loved him would gladly utter. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr, PLATT, OF CONNECTICUT. 
 
 Mr. President : The intense interest which we feel and take 
 in the active business and affairs of life and the sadness and 
 sorrow with which we receive the announcement of death jjre- 
 sent the sharpest contrast iu human affairs, and to-day but 
 illustrates this truth. This morning in the Senate we listened 
 with attention to the message of the Chief Executive of the 
 United States on one of the most important questions which 
 could be presented to us; next, we listened to an animated 
 discussion of one of (mr great economic questions ; and uow the 
 Senate is hushed, and we consider for the hour death and its 
 consequences ; we recall the memory and the virtues of one of 
 our associates who has gone. 
 
 It is a common remark that no man is neccessary to society. 
 We sometimes think as we see great talents, great eft'orts, 
 
46 Address of Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut, on the 
 
 (listingiiislied ability in our public men, that they have become 
 so essential to the life of the Republic, so necessary to human 
 ailvancemeut, that when they drop out their place cau not 
 be filled. We look at a man to-day in vigor and in strength, 
 ve see that he occupies a commanding position in legislation, 
 in business, and we feel that this loss would be irreparable. The 
 • tension upon the thread of life is a little too strong and the 
 thread suddenly snaps; he is gone; yet on the morrow some 
 one of the living steps into his plaee, and we say " how soon 
 he is forgotten." 
 
 In a sense this is true, and yet in another sense it is not true. 
 Every good and true man as well as every great man is essen- 
 tial and necessary to society; every man who lives a good 
 and true life becomes a part of society, part of the present 
 and part of the future history of the Government. The influ- 
 ence of a good man never ceases ; death does not put an end 
 to it; it goes on from year to year and age to age. 
 
 A nation is a growth. It has a character like an individual, 
 and as individual character in its growth is the sum of the 
 thought and action of the individual, so the national char- 
 acter in its growth is the sum' of the thought, the actiou, and 
 the work of the public man as he represents the private citi- 
 zens of the nation. 
 
 What we do here to-day we may feel will be overlooked in 
 the future; and yet it can not be lost. It elfect must be felt 
 for all time if we are but true and faithful. The sapling year 
 by year accumulates a little ring of growth, which is overgrown 
 by that of the succeeding year; yet every ring remains 
 an essential part of the tree, and will so remain as long as 
 the tree lives. Thus whatever a true and faithful man does 
 becomes an essential part of the luitional growth, and will 
 remain as long as the national existence continues. 
 
 These thoughts crowd upon my mind as I contemplate the loss 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 47 
 
 of a Senator of the Uuited States. The roll of the Senate is a 
 long one. Turn to the Mannal and you will observe that it is 
 almost wholly a roll of the dead. The few who are here and the 
 great majority who have gone comprise the roll of the Senate, 
 and yet of those who have occupied seats in this or the other 
 Senate Chamber and who have been looked down upon from the 
 galleries, no man has lived that Senatorial life without contrib- 
 uting in some measure to the growth and development of tlie 
 nation, to its advancement, its elory, and its beneficence among 
 the people of the earth. 
 
 So with our deceased comi-ade. His life has now become a 
 IJart of his country's history. It was not permitted to him to be 
 many years in this body, he served out barely half of a single 
 term, yet what he did here must last forever as a part of the 
 nation's growth and history. 
 
 1 can not speak of him as critically as can those who knew 
 him longest and who were more familiarly associated with him, 
 yet, serving with him upon one committee, I came to know him 
 well enough, I think, to appreciate his character and to respect 
 him fully. It seemed to me that he was a man who stood, as 
 it were, between the old and the new. There have beeu great 
 changes in this country, great changes in the methods of leg- 
 islation as well as of business, great changes in the habits, of 
 the bearing and the style of men, and it seemed to me that 
 Senator Bareouk represented the old order and the new order. 
 He was courtly and dignified, with a kind of semi-aristocracy 
 in his bearing like the men of the old school, and yet he was 
 simple and unostentatious, genial, social, and absolute]}' demo- 
 cratic in all his walks and tastes. He was a man of the people 
 and of the present, and yet had much in his bearing and habits 
 which reminded us of the past, and seemed to connect the 
 present with the past. 
 
 He was not an orator, but he was, as has been remarked. 
 
48 Address of Mr. Plait, of Conneclicul, on Ihe 
 
 distinguished for his practical knowledge aud his practical 
 ability. He could uot split hairs with the logicians; he 
 could not charm the Senate aud listening galleries with 
 eloquence; but he could go directly to the core of things and 
 determine what was right. He was a man of convictions; he 
 weighed things carefully; he looked at both sides of a ques- 
 tion ; and having weighed things and having looked at both 
 sides of a question, he formed his judgment, and from that 
 judgment he never swerved. He was not susceptible to any 
 of the influences which the outside world supposes — -and 
 wrongly supposes — sometimes influence legislators. When 
 he had made up his mind as to what was right aud i)roper 
 with regard to a measure pending in this body the (juestion 
 of his action was settled. 
 
 I believe that x)erhaps the most distinguishing characteristic 
 of our friend who has gone was the capacity which fitted him 
 to make and enjoy friendships. His nature was a very lov- 
 able nature; his heart went out toward others, and largely 
 without regard to their station in life. He had as kindly aud 
 true an interest in the common people as in the more favored, 
 and I do uot wonder that the people of Virginia felt that they 
 had sustained an almost irreparable loss when he was taken 
 away. 
 
 The man who has the capacity for friendship is a fortunate 
 man, whatever else may be said of him. Friendship has been 
 said to be, and I believe it is, the master passion. It is the 
 one thing to be prized in this world. If I could have wealth, 
 fame, or friendship, and had to choose between them, I should 
 say, "Perish wealth and fame, so that I may enjoy true 
 friendship." 
 
 A friend is worth all li.izards we can run; 
 Poor is tlie friendless master of a world. 
 A world ill imrcliase of a friend is gain. 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 49 
 
 I am sure that iu this quality of liuinanity Senator Barbour 
 was fortunate and rich indeed. 
 
 So to-day we come to say a kindly and sad farewell to our 
 absent comrade. We who knew him respected his worth; we 
 admired his manly and noble character; we appreciated and 
 cherished his warm and generous friendship. Our farewell 
 does not imply forgetfulness, for our brother will always live 
 in our memory and aft'ection. 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Hill, of New York. 
 
 Mr. President : New York unites with her sister State of 
 Virginia in paying her tribute of respect to the distinguished 
 son of the Old Dominion whose death we are to-day lamenting. 
 
 The loss is not to Virginia alone— it is to the Empire State, 
 and to the Union as well. 
 
 We have listened with unbounded interest to the able and 
 eloquent eulogy of the deceased by his surviving colleague, 
 who knew him so intimately and well, and nothing which I can 
 utter upon this occasion can add anything to what has been so 
 appropriately, beautifully, and feelingly expressed. Virginia is 
 the home of orators, and when her representatives have spoken 
 others naturally feel as though a respectful silence, or at least 
 the utterance of a few brief, plain words is the best contribution 
 that can supplement their magniticent ettbrts, which we always 
 so greatly admire. 
 
 Senator BAEUorR was himself a man of few words, delib- 
 erate in action, strung iu execution, plain in speech, sincere in 
 his friendships, and faithful to his clierished principles. I need 
 not tell his survivors around this circle that he was strong and 
 wise in counsel, because none appreciated it more than we. 
 His record in this body was not distinguished by brilliant 
 S. Mis. 04 4 
 
50 Address of Mr. Hill, of New York, on the 
 
 orations and impassioned debate, but he was a safe, cool, 
 earnest, and thoughtful counselor in all that pertained to the 
 welfare of his country. 
 
 My acquaintance with him began some years since, and it 
 was renewed when I became a member of this Senate a year 
 ago. I learned to look up to him as one of the fathers of this 
 body, who was ever ready to advise, to direct, and to assist 
 its new and untried members. A pleasant smile and a cordial 
 greeting awaited every one who approached him. I am sure 
 that he had not an enemy here, and he did not deserve to have 
 any anywhere in the wide world. My association with him 
 here, brief though it was, soon ripened into a strong and 
 enduring friendshiji. It grew quickly, it strengthened by daily 
 intercourse, and nothing but death itself could sever it. 
 
 I do' not forget the fact that in the interparty contest of last 
 year he was my political friend; firm, unyielding, and true. 
 It was a critical period when friendshi^js were tested and 
 strained. Some were broken, some were cemented. He was 
 a man of courage and resources, a statesman of foresight and 
 prudence, a skillful politician in the best sense of the term — 
 honest, high-minded, generous, and undeviating. He hated 
 hypocrisy, fraud, and sham of every kind and nature. He 
 respected honest opposition in political affairs, but he detested 
 personalities and defamation. 
 
 Let me refer to an incident in this connection. In the spring 
 of last year two young men, indiscreet and overzealous, anxious 
 for notoriety, visited the capital of Virginia to speak at a polit- 
 ical mass meeting designed to aid the fortunes of a particular 
 candidate for the Presidential nomination. While .speaking 
 for their cause, as they had a right to do, they unwisely trav- 
 eled out of their way to attack Mr. Barbour, the then st>nior 
 Senator from that State, impugning his motives a,nd misrepre- 
 senting his ijosition and purposes. He was naturally indig- 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 51 
 
 nant upon such an assault by strangers in his own State and 
 among his own friends and he quickly resented it. 
 
 Well do I recollect his flashing eyes, his tremulous voice, 
 his vigorous gestures, and determined look as he spoke of the 
 insult which he regarded had been offered him, and when he 
 announced to me that he should attend in person the State 
 convention at Eichmond, which was to be held the following 
 week. When bidding me good-bye on that occasion, alas for- 
 ever, he grasped me by the hand and said: "I shall next 
 week appeal to the people of Virginia from the attacks of 
 these men, and rest assured neither you nor any of my friends 
 will be disappointed in the result." 
 
 I left for New York that evening, and the next morning 
 Senator Barbour was dead. His death came as suddenly as 
 a terrific peal of thunder in an unclouded sky, as a meteor 
 flashing through the heavens, like a strong oak of the forest 
 that had fallen before the storm. 
 
 He was at this time the chairman of the Democratic State 
 committee, the representative of Virginia upon the national 
 committee, and its revered Senator — a man of commanding 
 influence not only in that State, but throughout the South. 
 
 It is needless for me to add that his loss seemed a personal 
 one to myself; a strong friend and supporter had left me in 
 an hour of need — u most critical hour. His death, deeply 
 mourned throughout the grand old State of Virginia, which 
 he loved so well, and regretted everywhere, may possibly 
 have changed somewhat the whole political history of the 
 country. 
 
 To-day all factions, all parties, all citizens of whatever creed 
 or nationality pay tribute to his manly virtues, his sterling 
 attributes, and his exalted patriotism. 
 
 We have not forgotten that peculiarly solemn and impressive 
 funeral of his, the first of the kind, I believe, ever held in this 
 
52 Address of Mr. Hiscock, of New York, on the 
 
 Senate Chamber, where the beautiful rites and ceremonies of 
 his mother church were administered in our presence, whereby 
 all were taught another lesson in behalf of religious tolerance 
 and Christian brotherhood on earth. It was peculiarly fitting 
 that such services should be held here over the revered 
 remains ofoneofYirginia'spurestsons — Virginia, whose proud 
 Senator he was — the State that had given to the country the 
 great Jefterson, who had done so much for the suppression of 
 l?igotry and proscription, who now sleeps in its soil and over 
 whose grave and upon whose monument there is inscribed the 
 noble and imperishable record that he was the author of the 
 statute for religious freedom in Virginia. 
 
 Senator BARBOrR lived a noble and useful life ; he died full 
 of honors which he had grandly achieved; his memory will 
 ever l)e cherished by his mourning associates and by all his 
 countrymen who love truth, respect virtue, admire courage, 
 and esteem fidelity. Others knew him longer than I, none had 
 a higher estimate of his exalted character. Keluctant to tres- 
 pass ui)on the indulgence of the Senate, I could not resist the 
 opportunity which gratitude and aftection alike prompted to 
 pay this brief and simple, though earnest and sincere, tribute 
 to my personal friend — the friend of every class, the friend of 
 justice, the friend of liberty, the friend of humg,uity. 
 
 His life was jjentle, and the elements 
 
 So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up 
 
 And say to all the woild, ''This was a man! " 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. HISCOCK, OF NEW YORK. 
 
 Mr. President : We have in public life men numerous enough 
 to be fairly called a tyi)e, who possess none of the graces of ora- 
 tory, and in the discussion of great questions seem to be unable 
 to take a part. Their expressions of opinion are confined to 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 53 
 
 their votes. They seem also to be wanting entirely in the arts 
 of the politician. Tlicy are never discovered making' combi- 
 nations or attempting to assume leadershii). They are <iuiet 
 and unobtrusive, and in theu' private conversation are reti- 
 cent in the expression of opinions. 
 
 Their judgment, however, is universally respected, and we 
 scarcely know to what element or characteristic in these gen- 
 tlemen to attribute their strength. Yet they have it. They 
 enjoy the confidence of their friends, and represent communi- 
 ties and States in executive or legislative brandies of the 
 Government, and seemingly take those positions without an 
 active effort on their part to secure them. And while, as I 
 have said, in legislative bodies their expressions are confined 
 to their votes, their political careers are always satistactory to 
 their associates and constituents; their constituents rarely 
 allow them to retire to private life; and their political careers, 
 as a rule, are long and honorable. 
 
 In my opinion. Senator Harbour was one of the best illus- 
 trations I have ever known of thetyi>eof men whom I have 
 undertaken to describe. 
 
 I served with him in the House of Representatives, and here in 
 the Senate I was associated with him upon committees. Quiet 
 andundemonstrative as he was in committee, rarely giving more 
 than a terse reason for his action, I have never met a gentleman 
 Avhose opinions commanded higher respect than did his. 
 
 My colleague [Mr. Hill] has said that the State of New York 
 mourns this Virginian, !Mr. Barboiti. That is true, for Mr. 
 Barbour, in his plain way, was conservative in respect to the 
 political, economic, and financial questions which have agitated 
 the country. He had come to be regarded by the people of the 
 State which I have the honor in part to represent as a con- 
 servative man; in no sense a theorist; a man who believed in 
 property and the rights of property, in person and the 
 
54 Address of Mr. Hiscock, of New York, on the 
 
 rights of person, who was never iu favor of trampling tbem 
 down. 
 
 We may say of tliis class of men that in times of political or of 
 party excitement, wh«u wild theories are obtaining a foothold, 
 they are the sheet anchor of safety ; they are a powerful restrain- 
 ing force, who are not carried away either by excitement or by 
 a desire to achieve or hold leadership, but are content in their 
 own way to tlischarge their duties honestly and faithfully, and 
 willing to wait until the storm blows over for their reward. 
 
 Associated, as I have been with Mr. Baruour in the other 
 and iu this branch of Congress, and iu committees during his 
 whole career here, I had learned to know him quite well. 
 Belonging to opposite parties, I representing a money center 
 that provokes great antagonism from other parts of the Union, 
 and he representing a State somewhat opposed to it, we were 
 not infrequently in consultation in respect to measvires, and I 
 came to have the highest respect for his character, for his 
 sagacity, for his absolute purity of purpose, and his integrity 
 of action. 
 
 Few men were less accustomed than Mr. Barboue to 
 watch the vane to discover which way the wind was blowing. 
 He had an inner consciousness which guided him, and which 
 he seemed to feel was representative in its character of the 
 people whom he represented, and that it was scarcely neces- 
 sary for him to watch to see whether he was in line with their 
 sentiments or not. 
 
 Socially he was pleasant, agreeable, kindly, and endeared 
 himself to those with whom he came in contact. 
 
 He was a man who, when he died, the sentiment was not 
 one of indifterence on the part of those who knew him; but of 
 absolute and unqualitied regret. The young men who read 
 history and mark the career of public men as the guide and 
 inspiration of their own course, may well study his character 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 55 
 
 and life record as an illustration of what surely comes to those 
 who do not trust to genius, to their power of persuasiou, to a 
 subtle ability to direct forces which may be marshalled to pro- 
 mote political advancement, that we commonly designate as 
 wire-pulling, as an illustration that the highest honors fall to 
 the plain uncompromising man, whose guide is his common 
 sense and his conscience. 
 
 Address of Mr. Hunton, of Virginia. 
 
 Mr. President: In every age of tlie world and in every 
 country the virtuous and distinguished dead have been honored. 
 In the American civilization of the nineteenth century this 
 duty to the dead is seldom neglected. In some form or in some 
 way we show our appreciation of the loved and honored ones 
 who go before us. It is meet and proper when one of those 
 who but recently made a distinguished part of this body has 
 fallen a victim to the fell destroyer that those whom he left 
 behind should pause and for a brief moment lay aside the cares 
 and the conflicts of Senatorial life to speak of and recall his 
 virtues, and in affectionate language pay a tribute of respect 
 and esteem to a departed friend. 
 
 In this spu'it I desire to speak of my friend, the late lion. 
 John S. Barbour. 
 
 He was born in the county of Culpeper, Virginia, on the 
 29th day of December, 1S20, and died on the 14th day of May, 
 1892, aged 71 years ami 4.J months. He was educated at the 
 University of Virginia, then as now one of the finest -institu- 
 tions of learning in America. 
 
 He obtained his license to practice law soon after leaving the 
 University, and began a professional life in his native county. 
 
 In 1847 he was elected to the legislature. His county was 
 
56 Address of Mr. Hun ton, of I 'irginia, on the 
 
 almost evenly divided in politics, but he was elected four times 
 and then voluntarily retired. Born of distinguished Demo- 
 cratic parents, he always ailhered to the principles of the 
 Democratic party. 
 
 In ISoli he was elected jiresideut of the Orange and Alex- 
 andria Railroad Company, organized to build a road from 
 Alexandria to Gordonsville to unite with the Chesapeake and 
 Ohio Eailroad at the latter point. He conducted this enter- 
 prise with singular ability, and by his great financial skill 
 extended his railroad lirst to Lynchburg and then to Danville. 
 This road, now called the Virginia Midland, forms a part of the 
 great chain of roads known as the Richmond and Danville 
 system.. 
 
 In ISSO, against his protest, he was nominated and elected 
 to the Congress of the United States to represent the Eighth 
 Virginia district. 
 
 I had declined a nomination for a fifth term. Mr. Barbour 
 was nominated in his absence from the State to succeed me. 
 A meeting of the Hancock and English Club held in my town 
 soon after his nomination was reported as follows: 
 
 At a meetiugof the Hancock and English Chib ot Warreuton, <me day 
 last week, Gen. Eppa Huntou said that he had come to the club to sjieak 
 of the nomination of John 8. Bakbocr. It not only satisfied but gratified 
 him. Within five minutes after he heard of it he telegraphed his congrat- 
 ulations and received this characteristic reply: 
 
 '•Thanks for your kind message. The public interests would have been 
 better subserved by your continuance in office, I am sure." 
 
 He did not know within the range of hi.s acciuaintance a better man, a 
 man of better sense or one having more influence, than .John S. BaiuuH'R. 
 He was a diligent, persevering, sensible man, and few Representatives on 
 the floor of the House would prove more etticient than he. The speaker 
 could not recall a day when John S. Bakhoir did not stand high in his 
 esteem. His intimacy with him had been long. He knew him when a 
 member of the legislature and for many years together as head of one of 
 the principal corporations in the State, and he did not believe that that 
 man lives who can point to one blot on his character. Upright, honest, 
 intelligent, influential — who can object to him. He was modest withiil. 
 He never desired a nomination, never sought it. 
 
Life and Character of Joint S. Barbour. 57 
 
 When his uaiiie was first iiieiitioneil in connection with it he forliadc its 
 Hse, and he only consented to accei)t a nomination, made without his 
 knowledge, from a liigli sense of dnty. We go into convention expecting to 
 give and take ; and all of us should rejoice that the outcome of the Alexan- 
 dria convention was most favorable — favoralile to the election of a true 
 Democrat and to the election of Hancock and English. The Congressional 
 ticket strengthened the electoral ticket. This of itself should nuike true 
 Democrats, men disaiijiointed in obtaining their first choice, hail the nom- 
 ination gladly and give to it a hearty su])port. He (the speaker) wr)uld 
 not only support it, but do all in his power to ratify it in November next. 
 Gen. Hunton concluded by otlcring the following residutiou. which was 
 unanimously adopted: 
 
 " Ilcsol reih That the Haucoik and English Cluli of the town of Warrenton 
 ratify the nomination of John S. B.\lil{()rR, of Alexandria, .and pledge him 
 a cordial and undivided support.'' 
 
 The .seiLtiments I theu expressed were held up to the jieriod 
 of his death. Our subseciuetit iiitereoiirse aud his .services 
 thereafter rendered to tlie State iiiteiisitied these seiitinients 
 and strengthened the bond of friendship between us. 
 
 He was again elected in ISSli. At this time and for several 
 preceding years the Kepiiblicau party, under tlie name of 
 Readjusters, had obtained the political mastery in Virginia, 
 and lier peojde looked with dire forebodings on the future if 
 ruled and governed by this jjarty. In their extremity the 
 eyes of the patriotic people turned to Mr. Eabbour. They 
 believed that he (if any man) could bring victory to tlie Demo- 
 cratic party and lescue them from the riunous domination of 
 the party which had controlled the State for several years. 
 
 Reluctantly he was induced to take charge of the campaign 
 of 1883, and by his judgment, his energy, aud his .skill as a party 
 leader rescued his State from the enemy. 
 
 He was again elected to Congress in 1884, aud continued to 
 serve the Eighth district as its Representative in Congress, 
 aud the whole State as the chief executive of th^ Democratic 
 party, and always as the leader of his jiarty in the State con- 
 ducted it to victory. 
 
 He declined a reelection to Congress in 188(5, and in 1888 he 
 
58 Address of Mr. Huniou, of I 'irginia, on the 
 
 was elected to tlie United States Seuate for the term beginuing 
 the 4th of March, 1880, aud eiidiug 4th of March, 1895. I need 
 not say to his colleagues here that his career in tliis body of 
 distinguished men was honorable and useful. He was not a 
 brilliant debater, but was one of the working men of the 
 Senate. His judgment was always respected — his advice was 
 frequently sought and generally followed. He did a great deal 
 to shape the policy of his party and to mold the legislatioii of 
 Congress. 
 
 But he was not allowed to serve out his term. In the midst 
 of his honors and usefulness he was suddenly called away; 
 called to join the dear wife he loved so well aud who preceded 
 him to the tomb a few years; called from family and friends 
 who loved and honored him; called from the service of his 
 beloved Virginia that was stiU ready and willing to bestow her 
 highest honors upon him. 
 
 On Friday he was an active member of this Senate. He 
 seemed unusually well that evening and retired in good liealth 
 at the usual bedtime. 
 
 Early the next morning he aroused the family, and before a 
 physician could reach him the soul of my friend was with his 
 Maker — so suddenly lie passed away that only those around 
 him knew that he was sick. 
 
 The lightning bore the sad news to the country, aud there 
 was no part of his State that did not mourn the death of tliis 
 gi'eat and good man. 
 
 He was the friend of the needy. He was the counselor of 
 all in distress. His purse was always open to help the virtu- 
 ous poor, and the cry of mourning at his death came up from 
 the cottage of the poor as well as the dwellings of the rich. 
 
 When his funeral obsequies wei'e observed in this Chamber 
 all parts of his State sent representatives to testify to the 
 high character of the honored dead. The Chief Magistrate of 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 59 
 
 Yiigiuia and the executive officers were here. Towns, cities, 
 aud counties sent their representatives to show how well^they 
 loved him and how much they mourned liis deatli. 
 
 His distinguishing characteristic was wisdom. He was emi- 
 nently a wise num. He was a man of afiairs. He understood 
 human nature, and the motives which moved men to action. 
 He measured up to Seneca's definition, "Wisdom does not sliow 
 itself so much in precept as in life, in firmness yf mind, and 
 mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as talk, and 
 to make one's actions aud words all of a color." 
 
 In the language of Longfellow, "Eipe in wisdom was he, 
 but patient and simple aud childlike." 
 
 I knew him long and well. For more than forty years I 
 knew John S. Barbour. For the last twenty-five years of 
 his life I knew him intimately. We were close friends. I 
 mourn his death. Our paths through life ran side by side. He 
 succeeded me in the House of Eepresentatives. I succeeded 
 him here. I, much more than any Senator, feel his loss. 
 
 His life was singularly pure and upright. He filled many 
 high and responsible offices and always tilled them weU. No 
 one ever suspected him of any breach of trust. He voluntarily 
 laid them down. He was never discharged. 
 
 His intercourse with his fellow-men was ever marked by 
 courtesy aud kindness. He had no enemies. Those who 
 knew John S. Barbour as a public man respected and hon- 
 ored him for his public virtues, his patriotic devotion to right, 
 and the high sense of honor that crowned his every public act. 
 His character shone brightest in the home circle where he 
 was the honored aud considerate head. He was the affection- 
 ate husband, the tender friend, and the hospitable and genial 
 host. No one ever dispensed a more thorough Virginia hos- 
 pitality. 
 
 He married iul865, Miss Susan Daingerfield, of Alexandria, 
 
60 Address of Mr. Hun ton ^ of I 'irginia. 
 
 Virginia, who was one of tlie loveliest cliaracters I ever knew, 
 and in every sense of the word liis helpmeet. She preceded 
 him a few years to the grave. He was to her the tender and 
 aifeetiouate husband; she was to him the devoted wife. 
 
 From this Chamber he was borne by loving hands to liis grave 
 at the homestead of his wife in Maryland and buried by her 
 side. lie lies on the banivs of this beautiful river, which alone 
 separates him in death from his loved Virginia. 
 
 It is no invidious distinction to say that no Senator has been 
 buried from this Chamber more respected than Senator Bar- 
 bour. None ever served his constituents more faithfully ; no 
 shadow dims the luster of his long career ; no suspicion mars 
 the completeness of his integrity. "Life's vaiu parade is over. 
 He walked with tiirongs of good friends ; now at last he is called 
 to pass alone the dread portals of death." "Well done, thou 
 good and faithful servant; enter upon thy reward." 
 
 Senator Barbour had not united himself with any church, 
 but he was a religious nmn. His soul was filled with charity, 
 the chief of the Christian virtues. If good deeds furnish a 
 passport to eternal rest, John S. Barboue is now enjoying his 
 reward. While we mourn his death let us resolve to imitate 
 his vh'tues and emulate his good deeds. 
 
 Mr. President, as a further mark of respect to the memory of 
 the deceased, I move that the Senate do now adjourn. 
 
 The motion was unanimously agreed to; and (at 4 o'clock 
 iind 25 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, 
 Saturday, February 4, 1893, at 11 o'clock a. m. 
 
EULOGIES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT- 
 ATIVES. 
 
 February 25, 1893. 
 The Speaker: The hour of half past 3 o'clock having 
 arrived, the Clerk will report the special order. 
 The Clerk read as follows : 
 
 Resolved, That Saturday, the 25th day of February, beginning at 3:30 
 o'clock p. m., be set ajiart for the purpose of paying tribute to the memory 
 of Hon. JoHX S. Bahhour, lately a Senator from the State of Virginia. 
 
 Mr. Meredith : Mr. Speaker, I ofler the resolutions which 
 I send to the desk. 
 
 The resohitious were read, as follows: 
 
 Uesolred, That the business of the House be now suspended, that opportu- 
 nity may be given for tribute to the memory of Hon. John S. Barbour, 
 lately a United States Senator from the State of Virginia. 
 
 Uesolred, That, as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the 
 deceased and in recognition of his eminent abilities as a distinguished 
 public servant, the House of Representatives, at the conclusion of these 
 memorial services, adjourn. 
 
 Kesolred, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. 
 
 Uesolred, That the Clei k be instructed to send a copy of these resolutions 
 to the family of the deceased. 
 
 Mr. COMPTON took the chair as Speaker pro tempore. 
 
 61 
 
62 Address of Mr. Meredith, of Virgmia, on the 
 
 Address of Mr. Meredith, of Virginia. 
 
 Mr. Speaker : This is to me a most solemn and serious occa- 
 sion. According to the custom of this House, we are now 
 permitted to pay a tribute to the memory of a deceased friend. 
 
 My owu recent protracted illness has prevented the prepa- 
 ration of such an address as would be suitable to the occasion 
 or worthy of the memory of John S. Barbour. His life and 
 character were such as to need no eulogy at my hands. My 
 greatest pride is that I could call him my friend. 
 
 The only standard by which he could be measured was fixed 
 by the Almighty himself He was au honest man— the noblest 
 work of God. Quiet and unostentatious, he believed more in 
 work than in words. And his life proved the success of his 
 untiring and unceasing efforts in behalf of his State, his coun- 
 try, and his party. 
 
 He was the worthy descendant of a race of men who had 
 helped to make the political history of this country, and the 
 best years of his life were spent in developing the material 
 interests of his native State. 
 
 Born in 1820 in the historic county of Culpeper — a county 
 which he represented for four terms in the legislature of 
 Virginia — and where he began the practice of his chosen 
 profession, he had reached the ripe age of 72 years, when 
 he was suddenly called from his earthly labors. 
 
 Political honors he did not seek ; they were thrust upon him. 
 In all the relations of life he was the true and courteous gentle- 
 man. Faithful to every trust, whether as a railroad president. 
 Representative, or Senator, he won the esteem and respect of 
 aU with whom he came in contact. 
 
 Placed by the force of his personal character and sound 
 judgment in a position to have made himself wealthy by the 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 63 
 
 use of knowledge obtained as president for years of one of the 
 most important railroads of his State, he positively refused to 
 advance his own interests or to take advantage of information 
 obtained by his official position. 
 
 He was always true to his friends and to his State. In those 
 dark days of Virginia's political history, when the banner of 
 his party had been trailed in the dust, and when in the agony 
 of her soul his mother State called for some one of her sons to 
 lead her out of the wilderness of misery and degradation, he 
 proved a veritable Moses, and successfully led his party to a 
 complete victory. 
 
 Elected to the Senate of the United States, his sound judg- 
 ment, his courteous manners and clear comjireheusion enabled 
 him to take rank with the foremost men of that august body 
 and made him the natural and successful champion of those 
 principles to which he had ever adhered. 
 
 He was a believer in the teachings of Jefferson and in the 
 policy of Jackson, and had no part or lot in modern shams or 
 subterfuges, but made honesty, integrity, and sincerity his 
 rule of action. 
 
 In all the catalogue of Vu'ginia's illustrious sons, no purer 
 man ever served her people. Xo man's death was more keenly 
 felt, and no man's memory will be more reverently cherished. 
 
 I shall submit, Mr. Speaker, as a part of my remarks an 
 article which appeared in the Richmond Dispatch trom the pen 
 of Dr. W. W. Scott, a cultivated gentleman and devoted Mend 
 of Mr. Barbouk. 
 
 JOHN STRODE BAKBOUR. 
 
 [For the Dispatch.] 
 
 The press and many prominent people in and out of Virginia have borne 
 eloquent testimony to the life and public services of the late John S. Bar- 
 bour, United States Senator from Virginia. 
 
 These notices, as was proper, related mainly to the public career, which 
 has been known and read of all men with profound admiration. Mine the 
 
64 Address of Air. Meredith, of Virginia, on the 
 
 sadder task to portray liis tliaracter and jjeisonality as he was known to 
 his friends. No man had more friends than he, and it is one pledge of his 
 worth that, almost without exception, once to be his friend was to be his 
 friend always. 
 
 His political career began almost with his manhood, and his first triumph 
 was to wiest victory from the Whigs in one of their strongholds, and 
 under the leadership of so beloved and respected a chami)ion as the late 
 Col. Daniel F. Slaughter, of Culpeper. But such were the amenities of 
 politics in those days that defeat left no bitterness behind. 
 
 Each party strove only for the welfare of the Commonwealth. Mr. Bar- 
 Bori! auil Col. .Slaughter lived out the allotted period of man's existence, 
 cherishing each other with mutual esteem and atiection. What, in these 
 days of gigantic corporations, are the relations between a railroad presi- 
 dent and its humbler employes, as its brakemen and track handsf True, 
 a cat may still look at a king. In i^U his long railroad career — almost, if 
 not ([uite forty years in duration — -the company's president was also the 
 employes patron and friend. He expected them to perform their duties, 
 and he kept faith with the humljlest as with the highest that in the words 
 of Magna Chart.i he should "not be put upon nor wronged." And so he 
 came to be called art'ectionately by the employes their "court of appeals," 
 where every one could have free audience and whence no man went away 
 till right had prevailed. 
 
 Not while he was. Init after he had ceased to be president, they presented 
 him with a splendid' token of their gratitude and atfectiou. 
 
 His recent services to the party are familiar to us all. How iu 1883, 
 when the Commonwealth and her best traditions were in peril and the 
 Philistines were actually upon us, at the earnest behest of liis fellow- 
 citizens he took charge of the forlorn hojie and "out of the nettle danger 
 plucked the flower safety." Virginia became tumultuous then with the 
 applause his name everywhere evoked — in the cities as in the remotest 
 hamlets — and all the peojile felt safe while they knew that John S. Bak- 
 BOi'it was on guard. Alas! the sentinel is off post now, and though the 
 "long roll" is sounding for the Deinocratic hosts to assemble, "no sound 
 can awake Iiim to glory again!" 
 
 It is well known that Mr. liAUBOUR made no pretentions to the gifts and 
 graces of an orator on the liustiugs. Gifted he was in an extraordinary 
 degree with a persuasive tongue in (juiet and private discourse. He did 
 not see things by halves, but his mind was liroad and coni})rehensive, his 
 discernment and discrimination acute, his reasoning cogent and conclu- 
 sive. Hut comprehensive and "nuiuy-si(U il " as was his miud his heart 
 was "the immediate jewel of his soul!" 
 
 " Though I speak with the tongues of men and .angels and Im ve not char- 
 ity, 1 am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal." Thus is it writ- 
 ten in the Good Book, and thus do all meu believe. I speak that I do know 
 when I sjiy that he aboimiled in charity — in cjniet, unobtrusive, unosten- 
 tatious charity, not such as humiliated as much as it relieved. Old friends 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 65 
 
 of his who had fallen upon evil days receivrd many a bounty at his hands 
 nor ever knew whence it came ; nor was a projier appeal for help ever 
 made to him in vain. He loved the good old Commonwealth and all of 
 her proud traditiou.s, and deplored with genuine solicitude the straits 
 of fortune into which so many of her worthy people had fallen. And he 
 exhausted invention in an earnest effort to build up her waste places and 
 restore her people to prosperity and happiness. 
 
 His home in Washington was as if some old-time Virginia mansion had 
 been transferred across the Potomac. It was the abode of genuine, 
 unaffected, and refined hospitality. Welcome greeted you at the threshold 
 and closed the door behind you, and your host, growing reminiscent of 
 the days and men In- had loved, would so beguile the time as to make his 
 guests loath to dcjiart. He knew the art "dfsipere in Urn.'' and enlivened 
 his talk with apt anecdote and incident; but, barring the emphasis of 
 occasional expletive, his conversation w.as as refined and chaste as his 
 manners were simple and piire. 
 
 He was a man of splendid presence and i)er8on, so fine looking, indeed, 
 as to arrest attention in any company; his associates were the leading 
 men of his State and nation ; he was blessed with an ample competence, 
 and his position for years had been one to attract adulation. Yet he 
 remained a straightforward, natural-mannered, noble-hearted Virginian 
 that loved his friends of high and low estate, and was true to all his obli- 
 gations as man and citizen. His example was one of virtue and lofty 
 manhood, and the annals of Virginia in our time will recite no name of 
 greater civic luster. 
 
 Since the death of his wife in 1886 his family had consisted of her sister. 
 Miss Ellen Daiugerfield, and his nephew, Mr. Richard Thompson. On the 
 fateful night that was his last Mr. Thompson was absent, and Capt. Ham 
 Sliepperd, of Fauquier, was a guest at the house. About half past 5 in 
 the morning of Satiirday, May 14, Mr. Barbour knockid at Miss Dain- 
 gerfield's room and asked that a doctor be summoned. 
 
 She hurrieiUy threw on a wrapper and went to his bedside, but there came 
 no response to her anxious inquiry after his health. He who had been a 
 brother to her in affection for all these years would not give the poor token 
 of a word to this Sister of Charity in everything but name. Capt. Shepperd 
 came breathless fi-om his room, close by, and Ada, a faithful servant of the 
 family. He placed his hand over his heart, but it was still. The end had 
 come even before Miss Daiugerfield had reached his side. 
 
 From the sounding sea to the further slojies of the Alleghanies Virginians 
 came to his funeral to testify their appreciation of the man. He was buried 
 by the side of his wife at her ancestral home, "Poplar Hill," in Prince George 
 County, Maryland, in accordance with his wishes made known in his 
 lifetime. There I leave him to his repose, endeavoring to merge personal 
 bereavement in the jiublic calamity. It will ever remain as a decoration 
 to me to have enjoyed his friendship and confidence. 
 
 For the last time, Sulve et vale! Hail and farewell! 
 
 W. W. Scott. 
 S. Mis. 64 5 
 
66 Address of Mr. O'' Ferrall, of Virginia, on the 
 
 Address of Mr. O'Ferrall, of Virginia. 
 
 Mr. Speaker: I can not refraiu from addiug my tribute, 
 however feeble it may be, to the many which have been paid 
 to the life and character of Senator John S. Barboiie, whose 
 sudden death startled us in the early morn of the 14th day of 
 May last. 
 
 Less than forty-eight hours before death's messenger came 
 summoning him from this world, the laud of the dying, to the 
 next, the land of the living, I had conversed with him upon 
 important questions, and to mortal vision he was in the vigor 
 of health. His voice was strong, his eye was bright, his cheek 
 was ruddy, his hand was warm, and his intellect glowed with 
 its wonted luster. Foreign indeed was the thought that I was 
 listening for the last time to his words of ^\-isdom which had 
 so often guided me to my conclusions, and looking into a face 
 which had never failed to impress me with the nobility of his 
 soul and the grandeur of his character. 
 
 I knew, of course, that the frosted hair upon his honored 
 head told the story of the flight of more than three-score years 
 and ten, but his buoyant spirits and joyous disposition made 
 me forgetful, and I felt that he was more of a compeer of mine 
 than one so far beyond me in years. 
 
 ]\Ir. Speaker, it has been my good fortune to meet and mingle 
 with very many of the men who in the last two decades or little 
 more have brightened the pages of our country's history, 
 imprinted themselves upon the minds and hearts of the people, 
 set exaniijles worthy of emulation, and carved their names in 
 the niches of enduring fame. 
 
 Some have been orators who captivated the affections and 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 67 
 
 swayed the passions of the people j some have been logicians 
 leading us step by step down into the well where truth is found, 
 and then raising us to the surface full-arnied to meet the 
 sophistries and heresies with which the world iibounds; some 
 have dazzled with their genius in the domain of literature or 
 the arts and sciences; some have shone with meteoric brilliancy 
 in the walks of humanity and the broad field of a common 
 brotherhood, extending their sympathies in an ever- widening 
 circle; some have risen to heights of glory on land and sea 
 and drawn forth peaus and praises for their courage and skill, 
 devotion and patriotism in the dread arena of war, and some, 
 while not orators, logicians, men of letters or science, philan- 
 thropists or warriors, have combined within themselves quali- 
 ties of mind and heart which made society transceudently 
 better because they were members of it, the Republic far bet- 
 ter because they were citizens of it, and the world much better 
 because they lived in it, and in this class stood John S. Bar- 
 bour, high in rank, the equal of the loftiest, the peer of the 
 noblest. 
 
 As you have been told, Senator Barbour sprung from true 
 Virginia stock. His early opportunities were favorable and 
 he acquired a liljeral education and was prepiued for the bar, 
 but he soon abandoned it, and after serving when quite a 
 young man several terms in the house of delegates of his State 
 he entered upon a business career which marked him early in« 
 life as one of the most astute railroad managers which this 
 country through a long series of years produced. 
 
 Taking charge of a railroad in its infancy as president he 
 continued in that position for a full generation of men, and 
 when lie retired the infant road of 88 miles had grown to 500 
 in length and is to-day part of one of the grand trunk lines 
 of the South over which the increasing commerce of the States 
 through which it passes is carried, and the fruits of the sec- 
 
68 Address of Mr. O" Fcrrall, of I'irginia, on the 
 
 tious it traverses are conveyed with lightning speed to the 
 great trade marts and commercial centers. 
 
 No man conkl have filled so long and so well the important 
 position of railroad president nnless he possessed in an 
 eminent degree what is usually termed common sense, which has 
 been defined as "the knack of seeing things as they are and 
 doing things as they ought to be done." And, Mr. Speaker, 
 this was the supreme characteristic of Senator Barbot'K ; this 
 was the touchstone of his usefulness, ('onimon sense directed 
 him, common sense guided him. and thus directed and guided 
 his judgment was almost infallible, whether engaged in con- 
 ducting the altairs of a railroad, managing a political camj)aign, 
 or legislating for the State or nation. He possessed a quality 
 which, while it had not "the brilliancy of the sun, it had the 
 fixity of the stars." 
 
 His strong common sense gave him wonderful tact and he 
 surmovxnted ditticulties and removed tjbstacles in his course 
 with ease, before which most men would have stood apjialled. 
 In fact, sir, he was in these particulars one of the most extra- 
 ordinary men, in my opinion, of this age. Whether in storm 
 or in calm, his judgment could be relied upon. Always self- 
 possessed, never unduly excited or elated, never discouraged 
 or cast down, his mind acted with the i)recisioii of the most 
 delicate piece of mechanism, and his conclusions were readied 
 wiih the quickness of a feathered arrow from an archer's bow. 
 
 He had the faculty, too, of inspiring courage and confidence 
 in all around him, and iiid>uing tliem with his indomitable 
 will. He was a teacher, too, and a trainer, and to-day a 
 young kinsman who grew u]) under his direction while he was 
 connected with the railroad to which I have referred, stands 
 in the front rank in railroad circles and is destined, if life is 
 si)ared him, to rise still higher. His early lessons were 
 learned in the office of this remarkable man whose death we 
 mourn. 
 
Life and Cliaractcr of John S. Barbour. 69 
 
 Let it not be imagined, Mr. Speaker, that this strong man 
 in council and in action, this Hercules in .strength of mind 
 and attributes of intellect, was harsh in manner or stern, for 
 he was just the reverse. He was ever tirm, but at the same 
 time all gentleness and kindness. His presence was a very 
 benediction. He was tolerant, respected the opinions of 
 others, and never sought, except in the most gentle way. to 
 impress his views upon those with whom he differed. He 
 seemed to feel with Shakespeare — 
 
 What thou wilt thou shalt rather enforce with tliy smile than hew to it 
 with thy sword. 
 
 While he always took a deep interest in politics in his State 
 and exerted great influence, it was not "until 1883 that he 
 became prominent as a party leader. When the Demo- 
 cratic State convention met at Lynchbiu'g, in the .summer of 
 1883, it was confi'onted with the fiict that tlie movement known 
 as the Readjuster movement, and which was inaugurated for 
 the purpose of readjusting the State debt, had beeu 
 diverted from its original puri)ose and by shrewd management 
 directed into channels which placed the Democratic party in 
 imminent danger of defeat in the approaching legislative 
 election. A Democratic leader in the broadest sense of the 
 term was imperatively demanded. The broken column of 
 Democracy had to be reunited, ditt'erences reconciled, heart 
 burnings cooled, the demoralized ranks reformed and courage 
 given to them, else defeat would be written upon the party's 
 oriflamme in the coming November. 
 
 From every throat there came the cry, "A leader ! A leader ! 
 Who is he'? Where is lieT' Suddenly, like a flash, as if by 
 intuition, John S. Barbour's name was in every mind and 
 upon every tongue, and that convention, composed of the rep- 
 resentative Democrats of the State, with one voice selected 
 him. He appeared before the convention, and with that 
 
70 Address of Mr. O' Per rail, of Virginia, on I he 
 
 modesty that ever characterized him, expressed his doubts 
 as to the wisdom of the conveution in selectiug him, but 
 impelled by his sense of duty he accepted the high trust, and 
 instantly victory was felt in the very air and courage leaped 
 to every breast. 
 
 He commenced his organization; he contrived and invented; 
 he made preparations everywhere; he was watchful night and 
 day, and left nothing to chance. He smoothed rough places 
 and bridged difaculties, and gathered in all along the way the 
 wavering and disheartened, and drew back into the ranks thou- 
 sands who in thoughtless moments had wandered into the 
 enemy's camp. November came, and with it a sweeping victory, 
 and from that hour the name of .loHN S. Barbour rang 
 throughout Virginia's borders. 
 
 Honored by the people of the Eighth Congressional district 
 of Virginia, which embraces the county of his birth, with a 
 seat in this House for three consecutive terms and then trans- 
 ferred by the unanimous vote of the general assembly to the 
 Senate, his services in l)oth branches were marked by a display 
 of the same sound Judgment which had drawn the attention of 
 all tlie people to him for so many years, and that fidelity to 
 duty which rose with him in the morning and went to bed with 
 him at night all the days of his life. In the language of Bul- 
 Aver: 
 
 Like a l)riive man, he wanted no charms to encourage him to duty ; like a 
 good niiiu, he scorned all warnings that would <leter him from doing it. 
 
 But, Mr. Speaker, while I would like to dwell longer upon the 
 life and character of this distinguished and beloved sou of the 
 Old Commonwealth, for my mind delights to linger amid the 
 thoughts of his many virtues and noble and stainless pilgrim- 
 age on earth, time will not permit. 
 
 Death, "the golden key that opens the palace of eternity," 
 came to him when the early morning air was redolent with the 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 71 
 
 perftiuie of flowers and musical with the lays of the birds of 
 springtime, and wlieu nature seemed to be in\'iting' all to live 
 and be joyous, none to die. But liow true: 
 
 Thou hast all seasous for thiue own, O Death ! 
 
 Messages on electric wings liew throughout the domains of 
 Virginia, and thejoyand gladness of that May morn were turned 
 to sorrow and sadness, and hearts were made to bleed, and eyes 
 were made to moisten. 
 
 In the tomb, in a sequestered spot, is incased his mortal body ; 
 in a laud where everlasting suns shed everlasting brightness, 
 we trust, is his immortal soul. 
 
 He reposes uot in the soil of the State he loved and served 
 so well, but his memorj' will be kept burning like holy incense 
 upon Virginia's altars by her daughters, as if by vestal virgins ; 
 her sons will (cherish it, and all her people honor it, while his 
 name will live as long as her historians continue to jiortray tlie 
 lives and characters of her worthies, and record the deeds of 
 those who, born under her skies, were loyal to her all their days, 
 and, dying, left behind them examples of fidelity to principle 
 and devotion to duty, written not in sand, but engraved on 
 solid rock. 
 
 Address of Mr. Wise, of Virginia. 
 
 Mr. Speaker: During this Congress the air has been full of 
 farewells to the dying and mournings for the dead. Virginia 
 had not recovered from the shock caused by the death of a 
 lamented Eepresentative in this House when she was suui- 
 uioued to stand "in all the silent manliness of grief" around 
 the bier of a Senator whom she honored for his worth and 
 loved for his virtues. 
 
 Mr. Barboue departed suddenly in this city on the 14th day 
 of May, 1892. !No note of warning had been given to prepare 
 
72 Address of Mr. IFise, of Virginia., on the 
 
 liis i)eoi)le for the sorrowful event. Its anuoiiiicemeiit fell upon 
 tliem with the startling effect of a fire bell at night and their 
 hearts wei'e tilled with profound grief. There had been no long 
 and lingering sickness, no wasting and consuming disease. 
 
 On the day previous to his death he occupied his seat in the 
 Senate Chamber, and was engaged as usual in the discharge 
 of his accustomed duties. Although well advanced in years, 
 their weight seemed to rest lightly upon him. He exhibited 
 then no outward signs of weakness and dec^y, but on the 
 contrary an unwonted flow of spirits, and appeared to be in 
 possession of sufUcient strength and vitality to endure for 
 many years the severe labors and I'esponsibilities of his high 
 liosition. 
 
 After the adjournment he retired to his home, and there, in 
 familiar intercourse with a valued and esteemed friend, dis- 
 cussed current events in Virginia. In the easy flow of conver- 
 sation they took no note of the passage of the silent hours, 
 marked by '' the sh)W clock in stat-ely measured chime." When 
 the friends, wearied with the toils of the long day, parted, and 
 the "good night" was spoken, they did not dream that "the 
 inaudible and noiseless foot of time " was near to the hour 
 when one of them would be summoned to pass over the river, 
 to rest forever in peace beneath the shade of the trees on the 
 other side. Mr. Barbour awoke with the dawn of day. He 
 was troubled only for a moment with a feeling of oppression, 
 and then " God's finger touched him, ;ind he slept." 
 
 Death comes to all. His im>1(1 auil sapless hand 
 Waves o'er the world aud beckons us away. 
 Who shall resist the summons? 
 
 He was descended from a family which has given to Virginia 
 and the nation many gifted and distinguished men. .James 
 Barbour, a near kinsman, sat in the house of delegates of Vir- 
 ginia from 179G to 1812, when he was elected governor. In 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 73 
 
 1815 he was chosen to represent the State in the United States 
 Senate, and served iu that body for a nnmber of years as 
 chairman of the important Committee on Foreign Relations. 
 He was Secretary of War dnrini;- a portion of the administra- 
 tion of John Qnincy Adams, and was then sent as minister to 
 England. 
 
 In 1S39 he presided over the Wliig convention at Harrisburg, 
 Pennsylvania, which nominated for the Presidency Gen. Wil- 
 liam H. Harrison. Philip Pendleton Barbonr, another near 
 kinsman, served many terms in this House, and presided as 
 Speaker over its deliberations. He closed a brilliant career as 
 an associate justice of the Supieme Court of the United States. 
 The father of Senator Barboir was a man of mark and 
 distinction, and held many i>osts of honor. He was a mem- 
 ber of this House from 1823 to 1833, and was regarded as a 
 strong debater and graceful orator. 
 
 Senator John S. Bakbouk was born in the county of Cul- 
 peper, Virginia, December 29, 1S20. After preparation in the 
 best schools of that day, he was sent to pursue a course of study 
 in the University of Virginia, and to be trained for the work of 
 his life. He was graduated a lawyer in 1842, and commenced 
 at once the practice of his profession in his native county. 
 In 1852 he was elected president of the Orange and Alexan- 
 dria Eailroad Company (now the Virginia Midland Railway 
 Company), and continued in that position upward of thirty 
 years. He served in this House during the Forty-seventh, 
 Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses, and on the 20th of 
 December, 1887, was elected to represent Virginia in the 
 United States Senate for the term of six years from the 4th of 
 March, 1889. 
 
 In every position he was faithful and etficient in the dis- 
 charge of all duties. While he was not distinguished for his 
 skill as a public speaker, and did not possess the gifts to move 
 
74 Address of Mr. I rise, of Virginia, on the 
 
 by the jiower of oratory, or to please by the graces of rhetoric, 
 he rose to the position of political leader iu his State, and 
 was crowned with the highest honors which his people could 
 bestow. 
 
 No man within the borders of Virginia exercised greater 
 iuflneuce in shaping public oiiinion or in directing the move- 
 ments of the great party with which he was associated. 
 Although surrounded by men wlio possessed more magnetic 
 force and were more showy, he left them far behind in the race 
 for the prizes and honors of life and for the confidence of the 
 people. The ]>eople regarded him as a safe counselor, and 
 believed him to be an incorruptible patriot. 
 
 He accjuired his power and influence over men by the dis- 
 play at all times of such sterling qualities and virtues as 
 gained for him their respect and admiratioT'. In all his actions 
 and utterances he exhibited moderation as regulated by wis- 
 dom. Mr. BAKBoru never jumped to conclusions, but his 
 opinions upon all subjects were formed alter careful and labori- 
 ous investigation. 
 
 The processes of his mind were usually accurate, and always 
 directed toward the ascertainment of truth and justice. He 
 did not permit his mental vision to be clouded by prejudice, 
 nor Ms generous disposition to be dominated by selfishness. 
 He was indebted largely to his good judgment for his success 
 in life; it was " a parcel of his fortunes." He was gentle and 
 kind toward all, and seldom, if ever, exhibited severity in his 
 criticisms of the opinions and belief of others. Cicero defined 
 justice to consist in "doing no injury; decency in giving no 
 oflense." 
 
 Having enjoyed with him for many years the intimacy of 
 established friendship, I can truthfully say that I never saw 
 him willfully inflict injury or intentionally give offense. His 
 good breeding was always manifested in gracefully remember- 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 75 
 
 ing the rights of others, rather than iu urgently iusistiag ou 
 his own. In him tlie elements were so mixed as to produce 
 an even, well-balanced, and upright man. 
 
 In his conduct as a Eeprescutative he was not ruled by fac- 
 tion and interest, but was filled by a passion for the glory of 
 his whole country. He loved Virginia with filial devotion, 
 and his attention was chiefly given to the advancement of her 
 interests ; but he always preserved a due regard for the general 
 welfare. ]\Ir. Barbour gave close and careful attention to all 
 his duties, aiul was a painstaking, useful, and conscientious 
 Eepreseutative. 
 
 He was as conspicuous for his virtues as he was distin- 
 guished for his ])ublic services. He was tender and loving as 
 a husband, warm and devoted as a brother, true and sincere 
 as a friend. 
 
 Of the high blood which breeds the best men in Ilepublics, 
 as well as under other forms; of a personal worth that did no 
 dishonor to his derivation, and that was always climbing the 
 heights of well-doing; he died as he lived, a Christian gentle- 
 man; aye, and of tliat best tji^e of Christian gentility, which 
 l>ostpones the more blatant professions of religious sentiment 
 to the quiet rendering of one's duty to neighbor, to country, 
 and to God, without fear as to His infinite mercies. 
 
 Address of Mr, Milliken, of Maine. 
 
 Mr. Speaker: It was but a short hour ago that I was 
 informed that the House would set ajiart a portion of this day 
 as a mark of respect to the late Senator Barbour of Virginia, 
 but I can not forego the opportunity, unprepared as I am, to 
 express in brief but sincere ami earnest terms my high appre- 
 ciation of his character, and to i)ay my tribute of respect and 
 afiection to his memory. 
 
76 Address of Mr. Milliken^ of Maine ^ on the 
 
 I believe, sir, it is good for us to comiuemorate in this public 
 manner tbe virtues of those who liave deserved well of their 
 country and of maukind. It is good for all of us. It raises us 
 above the common bickerings and strifes of everyday life, 
 exalts the soul, and i)urities the feelings. And, sir, this custom 
 is nothing new. It has existed amoug the greatest and most 
 civilized nations in all past ages. We all know that Greece 
 reared noble statues and monuments to commemorate the 
 achievements and the fame of those who had earned the grati- 
 tude of their country, 
 
 Eome followed her example. She likewise raised her monu- 
 ments and erected her statues to honor the memory of her dis- 
 tinguished sons. They were to be found in her public baths, 
 in the forum, in her market places, and at all points where the 
 people were accustomed to gather. She was not satisfied that 
 the virtues of her great and good shoidd simply be written 
 down in books of history and laid away on the shelves of the 
 library of the student to be occasionally referred to, but she 
 would have them commemorated in statues and monuments in 
 her public places, that they might be ever before the eyes of 
 the people, teaching them, and especially the youth of the 
 country, to emulate the virtues and the achievements of the 
 great dead who had deserved well of their countrymen by their 
 heroic deeds and their wise and eloquent words. 
 
 I had the good fortune to know Senator Barboxtr as a 
 member of this House for several sessions. I knew him as a 
 quiet but at the same time as a wise, diligent, very efficient, 
 and thoroughly true member of the House. But I had an 
 opportunity to know him still more closely. It was my good 
 fortune once to cross the continent with him, and to recross it 
 to this city ; and the relations which were established between 
 us were such as I will ever look back to until the last day of my 
 life as among the greenest and warmest places in my whole 
 career. 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 77 
 
 He was a kind, geuial {gentleman. He was a geutlemau in 
 the truest sense of tlie term. He did not obtrude his opinions, 
 his theories, or his notions oft'ensively upon any one. On the 
 contrary, he seemed to be always thoughtful of other people's 
 comfort as well as regardful of other people's opinions and 
 feelings. 
 
 1 readily discovered that he was a wise and what in common 
 parlance we would call a "broad-gauge" man. He was not 
 one of those who believe that all virtues exist in their own 
 neighborhood, that all wisdom is contained in their own 
 county, or that all patriotism is circumscribed by the lines of 
 their own State. On the contrary, his vision was as broad as 
 his country, and the goodness of his heart compassed all man- 
 kind. 
 
 It can truthfully be said that when his life went out a good 
 man died, leaving to us as our inheritance the fi-agrance of a 
 sweet memory. 
 
 Address of Mr. Tucker, of Virginia. 
 
 Mr. Speaker : Amidst the wealth of personal tributes paid 
 to our deceased friend, I have felt it not inappropriate in me 
 to add a contribution as to the character of Senator Barbour 
 from the pen of one who was his companion in youth, the 
 friend of his manhood, and his loyal supporter in his riper 
 years. At my recpiest. Mr. John Randolph Tucker has i)re- 
 pared a paper commemorative of Senator Barboi'r's virtues 
 and character, which I will now read. 
 
 At your request I undertake to portray the character of the late John 
 S. H.iRiidUU, Senator from Virj;inia, whose death severed the bond of our 
 friend-ship, formed mow than a half ceutnry ago at the University of 
 Virginia, which was never iuterrnpted by one moment nf nnkinduess, and 
 of which the memory only remains fragrant with confidence, esteem, and 
 
78 Address of Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, on the 
 
 afl'ection. He sprung from a family, whose talents furnished to the coun- 
 try the Hon. James Barbour, who filled the public stations of gover- 
 nor of Virginia, Senator, Secretary of War, and minister to England; P. 
 P. Barbour, Justice of the Supreme Court and Speaker of the House of 
 Representatives, and of John S. Barbour, sr., the father of my friend and 
 a member of the House of Representatives, with high gifts as orator, 
 statesman, and lawyer. Other members of the family have won distinc- 
 tion in the general assembly and in conventions of the State, and in the 
 field of literary acquisition. 
 
 Mr. Barbour did not inherit the peculiar gifts of his race. His was a 
 mind in which strong common sense, great sagacity in the guidance of 
 affairs, and a remarkable knowledge of men were eminently conspicuous. 
 In early manhood these qualties were manifested, so that " the boy was 
 father to the man." 
 
 At the university he was not particularly distinguished for scholarship. 
 His education was liberal, but not specially classical or literary. His 
 self-discipline was practical and such as to train him as a man of affairs. 
 He studied law to jiroficiency, but not for professional advancement. 
 
 The principles of law he mastered, and they were made available for 
 the career he marked out for himself. His mental processes were acute 
 and well defined, so that his thought was always clear and strong; but 
 while his pen was fitted to convey in simple and unambitious English the 
 train of his reflectious and the results of his judgment, he had neither 
 taste nor talent for popular eloquence, uor for expressing in public speech 
 the sentiments which his intellect conceived. Indeed, though self-reliant 
 in judgment, he had a modesty, almost bashfulness, which shrank from 
 the observation of a public assembly. His perceptions were clear; his 
 convictions deep and sincere, and his purpose aggressive l)y their avowal 
 to enforce them upon the minds of others. 
 
 In convers.atiou he was free, self-c(mfident, and cogent; and through 
 this medium and that of his pen he so impressed himself upon his asso- 
 ciates as to make him a conspicuous .and acknowledged leader of men and 
 a director and guide in the ccmduct of affairs. He never courted popu- 
 larity nor coveted the honors of public station. He was content to labor 
 for what he thought for the public good, through the influence which his 
 opinions were sure to produce, leaving to others to advocate and execute 
 them. 
 
 It is not meant that he had no desire for the appreciation of those for 
 whom he labored. No man felt more keeuly the absence of this — none more 
 warmly its manifestation. When patriotic duty induced the contribution of 
 his abilities, his fortune, and his all to save his people from misrule and 
 the upheaval of their .social order, he did it with a liberal anil uustinted pur- 
 pose, which knew no reservation and mocked at every obstacle. He loved 
 Virginia with an unselfish devotion — her social life, her traditions, her his- 
 toric glory ; and nothing he could oft'er to save her from misgovernment, to 
 vindicate her honor, and to jiromote the good of her people diil he hesitate 
 to lay as a willing sacrifice on her altar. 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 79 
 
 This feeling was the key to his imlilic lilV. The autonomy of the 
 States Tvas the central doctrine of his political creed, and to secure this 
 for Virginia the supreme motive of his political action. To this all else was 
 suliordinatc; and hence he seemed to be inditferent to other policies iu 
 order to achieve this prime and essential object. 
 
 He left the bar for the legislative halls of the Virginia general assembly 
 in 1847, and for four years of great importance to the future destiny of hi.s 
 native .State he served her withfidelitj^, zeal, aud ability. He afterwards 
 became president of one of her leading lines of railway, when these enter- 
 prises were iu their infancy. His sagacious administration expanded its 
 original object into a great and now interstate corporate maturity. His 
 skillful and steady hand guided its destiny through a war, disastrous to its 
 interests, but from which it emerged into prosperity and power. 
 
 During the jieriod of civil strife be was true to the action of the people of 
 Virginia, aud did all that patriotism could suggest and wisdom could efi'ect 
 for the honor and welfare of his mother Commonwealth. 
 
 Some years ago, when the fortunes of the Democratic party in Virginia 
 had succumbed to the induence of a dangerous schism in its ranks, he was 
 invited by the Lynchburg convention to take the helm and steer the ship of 
 that great organization safely into port. No one can ever forget — all will 
 ever proiuUy remember — that the voyage was made with preeminent suc- 
 cess ; and the ascendency of that party in Virginia ever since is a memorial 
 trophy to the genius, courage, sagacity, aud devotion of its great leader. 
 
 In all this period his judgment was recognized as well nigh infallible. 
 Such was his eciuaniraity of temper ; such the equipoise of his intellect ; such 
 the intrepidity of his nature, that panics could not shake his constancy, nor 
 delusive hopes mislead his judgment. He did everything which care, 
 patience, and watchfulness reiiuired; omitted nothing whieh the public 
 interest demanded and honor sanctioned, to achieve the most splendi<l 
 success. 
 
 Al)ashed iu accepting the honor of leadership, firm, self-reliant, and 
 fearless iu the conduct of his ]iarty through the conflict; he was modest 
 and unassuming in the hour of its triumph. The tribute of gratulatiou 
 which the people ottered did not intoxicate him with vainglorious con- 
 fidence ; but each successive battle was fought with the same cautious 
 husbandly of resources, the same inspiration of patriotism in the hosts 
 that fcdlowed him, and the same overwhelming combinations, which 
 brought disastrous defeat to his foes, and won glorious victory for the 
 people of Virginia. 
 
 He would have been more or less than man if he had not been deeply 
 gratified when the great party to whose fortunes he had consecrated his 
 life bestowed upon him the well-merited honor of Senator of Virginia. 
 He accepted it, as a tribute of the grateful appreciati(m of his beloved 
 people, aud entered on its duties with the simple aud unselfish purpose of 
 so serving those who had trusted him as to promote their welfare, conserve 
 their free institutions, and advance the glory of the Union. 
 
80 Address of Mr. Tucker, of J'trghiia, on the 
 
 Mr. Harhour was warm, generous, constant, and deeply sincere in his 
 friendships. This was evinced in acts, very little in professions. His 
 nature was the seat of noble anil tender sentiments; but none was so 
 modest in their manifestation. He was too genuine to waste these deep 
 emotions in expression. Their suppression was his habit. His love spoke 
 only in active beneficence. His griefs, even the most tender and bitter, 
 shrank within the sacred cloister of his heart and died with him in 
 voiceless woe. 
 
 Candi<l with confidential friends he was reserved with strangers. To his 
 opponents he was reticent, but without deceit. None knew or practiced 
 better the maxim, "aliiidest celare, aliiid tuvere; nequeenimidett celarequic- 
 quid retiueas." His warfare was skillful, but honorable. 
 
 His canon of lawful strategy was by sagacity to detect the plan of your 
 enemy, and by the wisdom of silence to screen your own. Reticence is 
 not deceit. He thus assailed the weak points of his foe, and never exposed 
 his own. 
 
 If, in the conduct of political strife, he sometimes ''gave his thoughts 
 no touiine," it was more true "he gave nodisproportioned thouy;ht its act." 
 If cautious not to speak too freely, he never spoke untruly, nor uttered a 
 word to friend or foe which might not be fully relied on. 
 
 Mr. Bakisoik was a patriot. He loved his wh(de county and its glory. 
 But to Virginia and her customs and habits, to her peo)>le in their disas- 
 trous adversity, his he.'irt turned with a strong and resistless current of 
 devoted atfection. In piivate conversation these sentiments broke all 
 the barriers whicli his modest nature placed upon the expression of the 
 feelings of his heart. 
 
 He was honest, upright, and honorable in jirivate life, and devoted, 
 tender, and true in domestic relations. 
 
 To delineate the qualities of my dead friend is to me a sad pleasure. He 
 has goni^ before and has met the dread audit of the future state. Within 
 that awful "bourne whence no traveler returns" it is not ours to intrude. 
 But we may be sure of this — that in all the duties whicli are demanded of 
 the patriot citizen, of the jiublic servant, of the steadfast friend, and of 
 the head of a household, no man survives him who would not be honored 
 by the epitaph "True to all duty: as true as John S. Bakbour, of 
 Virginia." 
 
 "No further seek his nierfts to disclose, 
 Or draw his frailties from their dreail abode 
 (There they alike in trembling hojie repose), 
 The bosom of his Father and his God." 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour, 81 
 
 ADDRESS OF Mr. Kendall, of Kentucky. 
 
 Mr. Speaker : The orphan Marias in Yictor Hugo'.s master- 
 piece, himself a child of the French devolution, while musing 
 on the brave days of old and its heroes when there were still 
 giants in the land, is said to have uttered these words : " The 
 men of the revolution are so great that they already have the 
 prestige of centuries like Cato and like Pliocion, and each of 
 them seems a memoire antique (antique memory)." So might a 
 son of pioneer Kentucky, the first daughter of fair old Virginia's 
 statehood, have muttered in a muse who knew the cavalier 
 Senator whose memory we pause this day to honor. He looked 
 the greatness that he was. The stranger in Washington who 
 met him on his way from the Senate side to his home on Capi- 
 tol Hill, when his tall bent form bad passed, almost invariably 
 turned to take a second look. 
 
 His well rounded career, to me who have studied it in its 
 many phases, is a star to which early obscurity has lent nothing 
 but brightness. He never forgot that he was a gentleman by 
 birth, instinct, and education — the superb scion of a splendid 
 stock, modest and unassuming. His impulses were as lofty as 
 his manners were simple. He wielded the power which unusual 
 capacity veiled with a modesty approaching that of diffidence, 
 emblemed by the violet, can always command. His highest 
 ambition was to be right as he saw the right, as much so as 
 any Senator I ever came near. In cast of mind direct rather 
 than diplomatic, courageous rather than cautious; in style 
 more concise than sublime, cogent, not often eloquent, but 
 always incisive and mercurial, he was a typical Southron and 
 an ideal leader. To unconnnon jiarts, dignified simplicity, 
 and perfect intellectual balance, he added the inspiration of 
 S. :\Iis. 64 C 
 
S2 Address of Mr. Kendall, of Kentucky, on the 
 
 patriotism, the genius of liard work, the eloquence of cou- 
 viction, and the logic of common sense. 
 
 He spoke and acted from reflection rather than impulse. 
 Observation and administrative talents of the highest order, 
 early sowed in his mind with lavish hand, and his immense 
 energies, reaped abundant fruitage. To his friends, whether 
 rich or poor, he was unwaveringly the same, and the humblest 
 constituent was as welcome as a Senator. His command over 
 the minds of his fellow-men was the clear result of nature's 
 partiality. His language and diction had much of the vigorous 
 simplicity of Bunyau and his words were pictures wreathed in 
 homely garlands. He impressed the earnestness of his con- 
 victions, practiced the habit of forgiveness, hated no one 
 because he wantonly injured no one, and sought success rather 
 than revenge. 
 
 He was a student, and yet he knew men better than books. 
 We are told that he loved a good horse, and delighted in the 
 nurture and improvement of stock. Obeying Solomon's injunc- 
 tion he hated suretyship. Like Solomon, he sought wisdom, 
 and with it came wealth. Acute, fearless, insinuating, and 
 intellectually honest, he was not suspected of insincerity in 
 either his friendships or opinions. 
 
 He combined the claims of a plain talker and thinker; and, 
 like the hero in one of the beautiful but tragic mythologies of 
 the ancients, employed flowers only to conceal the keen blade 
 
 of logic. 
 
 In statecraft he seems not to have aspired to a higher wisdom 
 than the aggregated sentiment of the common people, that 
 excellent, conservative middle class who are at once the safety, 
 the bulwark, and the glory of the Eepublic. His conception 
 of the conscience and intellect of that class was very high, 
 and he was not afraid to trust them. Very few public servants 
 in a similar length of time accomplishetl more practical service 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 83 
 
 for bis State than he. In the vast circle of his prolonged pub- 
 lic service, embracing the flower of his matured manhood, it 
 can not be truthfully said that any pledge made to Vuginia 
 was ever broken, that any promise remained unkept. He died 
 without a slain on the snow of his reputation. 
 
 As a politician, in the purer acceptation of the term, he was 
 a partisan in the same sense that the lamented Vice-President 
 Hendricks was a partisan. I need hardly say in this presence 
 that he was neither double-dealer, time-server, trimmer, nor 
 trickster. He was not a bigot. Of this fact his illustrious 
 colleagues of the opposition party when these resolutions were 
 pending in the Senate bore ample testimony. Upon the hus- 
 tings, when the exigency of the occasion demanded it, he pos- 
 sessed the power of paying his respects to an opponent in a 
 manner and with a force at once kind, uugarnished, and 
 
 matchless. 
 
 Like Snowdoun's knight in Scott's Lady of the Lake, he went 
 among his constituents and gathered their wants and needs 
 ftom actual observation. He was kind to all without affecta- 
 tion. Of commanding presence, gifted with a voice, when 
 aroused and at his best, whose resonant tones were like a bugle 
 call to action, possessing in no eminent degree the faculty of 
 thinking on his feet, endowed with little of the imagination of 
 the orator, but with the heart of a hero, he was wherever 
 known the golden-hearted leader of the dominant power in the 
 State of Virginia, who, in his promotion to a seat in the fore- 
 most deliberative body on the face of the earth, stood vindi- 
 cated and triumphant. 
 
 As a partisan, however, he most forcibly impresses us, and 
 it is as a partisan, perchance, that he will b.- best remembered. 
 What that superb leader. Senator Oliver P. Morton was to his 
 party in Indiana when he died, Senator Barbour was to his 
 party in Virginia. To do exact justice to the character and 
 
84 Address of Air. Kendall, of Kentucky, on the 
 
 achievements of this man it would be necessary to review the 
 IKjlitical struggles iu his State for the past ten years, but time 
 will uot permit. Intertwined, interwoven, and interlaced, 
 they are inseparable. Of practical poUtics he was indeed the 
 master, and it seems to me that that delicacy would be false 
 that prevented his being pictured as such. When the watch- 
 fires of the clans he led with matchless tact and tireles.s energy 
 are burning brightly on the Blue Eidge and the Cumberland 
 Hills across yonder, his name will be linked with his unpara- 
 goned leadership. His broken bauds will never again amid 
 the clash of party conflict rally about his standard and feel 
 their closed ranks enthu.sed with the indomitable courage that 
 shone from his aggressive nature and glance of confidence as 
 a sure precursor of glorious victory. 
 
 To one not sufficiently acquainted with Senator Barbour 
 this may seem the language of extravagance, but to those who 
 followed and those who met him they are the words of simple 
 truth. Only yesterday I suggested to our worthy colleague 
 [Mr. Meredith] that Senator Barbour was a wonderful 
 organizer of men. His instant reply was, "Tbe greatest the 
 world ever saw." 
 
 Above the politician, above the partisan, was the manliness 
 of tlie man. He was the first to aiiplaud and the last to con- 
 demn. He always had a flower of sympathy for a friend with 
 a sorrow, as I personally know and am jjleased to testify. We 
 all remember, at least most of us here remember, the popular 
 demonstration of affection which crowded the other end of the 
 Capitol during that impressive ceremony when the Senator 
 lay dead in our midst. Calm-browed history when traced with 
 impartial pen may uot assign his name the first place on her 
 precious page among the public men of liis time, because he 
 was a busy man of afl'airs rather than an author, but traditions 
 among his constituents will unite iu flower-kirtling his name 
 with the rarest garlands of imperishable glory. 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 85 
 
 In the humble cabin and around the big log hearthstone 
 where poverty and probity unite for the saving of the old 
 fashions, and from whence came Lincoln and Davis, there will 
 hover a sorrow and a mist, and here and there, irrespective 
 of party tie, a rugged cheek has borne the priceless tribute of 
 a tear in silence shed. Enough for those who loved him that 
 in such hearts as these his good qualities will be sacredly 
 treasured. 
 
 "Did he live in vain?" No! His success teaches a lesson 
 to aspiring youth, and that is, that reason, backed by honesty 
 and stimulated by patience, can accomplish much; that to 
 whomsoever will success is nearly absolutely certain, and that 
 to all such it seems to me the only real calamity is death. 
 Every young man whose heart was filled with a laudable aspi- 
 ration to advance himself and make the world better became 
 at once his equal brother and his friend. 
 
 Envy, we are sure, found no lodgment in his bosom, and 
 this fact above any other demonstrates to my satisfaction that 
 Senator Barbour was truly great and good. By his open 
 grave the young manhood — the broocli and gem of Virginia — 
 who followed with eager pride and zeal his unrivalled crusade 
 against repudiation may well pause, and from his methods and 
 staunch adherence to what he believed to be principles erect 
 guideposts and blaze the way to future usefulness. The story 
 of his life will redound to the glory of the Virginia citizen. 
 Like the flowers which loving tenderness will plant upon his 
 grave, beside the beautiful river sparkling in the silvery sun- 
 shine, his name and fame will bloom and fade in our hearts 
 and memories as a paragon worthy of emulation, the shriveled 
 leaf but furnishing a richer soil in which to germinate a truer, 
 chivalric, and more statesmanlike patriotism. 
 
 Emblazoned and embalmed in the sacred, holy, and tender 
 traditions of the people, whose high commission he time and 
 
86 Address of Mr. Kendall, of Kentucky, on tlie 
 
 again carried to this Congress, will rest secure the memorial 
 of Senator John S. Barbour a picture in the heart of a 
 great Commonwealth, equaled by few of her living sons and 
 surpassed by none. The wind harps of the forest will wail his 
 requiem, and on the altar of duty done we humbly and rever- 
 ently lay the tribute flowers of respect infinite. 
 
 Not a military hero, his strong voice swelling the wild roar of 
 war as the Union cheer and the rebel yell went up to heaven, 
 borne on the music of heroic bugles, but emphatically a 
 civic chieftain upon whose breast there sparkled perpetually 
 the bright star of priceless honor. In advocating the claims 
 of Senator Barbour to distinction, I feel a peculiar personal 
 pride, because, although myself the son of a brave and humble 
 soldier, as gallant and true as ever rode in a, charge to the onset, 
 and the honor of being whose son is a heritage that will live 
 when stars and titles and chaplets are dead; still I hold as 
 good doctrine that the war being over, its glories and its tears 
 past and forever gone, it should be forgotten or remembered 
 only as an inheritance in common, its glories cementing the 
 old love for a new union. 
 
 In the history of the Old Dominion he will occupy a unique 
 position. Whilst in my humble judgment, if I may be permitted 
 the privilege of comparison, inferior as a Constitution defender 
 to Hon. John Randoli)h Tucker, whose splendid abilities once 
 shone resplendent in this Hall, and to whose encomium byproxy 
 we have just listened ; whilst not equal in the graces of classic 
 oratory to the Castellar of the assembly, Mr. Daniel, who sat 
 by his side and whose characterization of his dead colleague 
 renders this liasty unaffected tribute superfluous, yet as an 
 organizer and leader of popular forces, whom all must follow, 
 exhibiting a genius in politics like Napoleon in war, in the 
 generation in which lie lived and moved, Senator Barbour 
 will stand without a rival and without a peer. 
 
Life and Character of lohn S. Barbour. 87 
 
 Sir, let us hope, let us believe, that in that " undiscovered 
 country" whither the restless spirit of the gentle, modest, manly 
 man, the devoted friend, the beloved husband, and the eminent 
 Senator fled, life is eternal joy perennial. 
 
 ADDRESS OF MR, JONES, OF VIRGINIA. 
 
 Mr. Speaker: The pleasing task of portraying the life and 
 recounting the virtues of our departed friend, the late Senator 
 John S. Baebour, has been faithfully and affectionately per- 
 formed by the colleague who served with him in the Senate 
 and his friends and admirers upon this floor, and there is but 
 little that I can add to what has already been so beautifully 
 and tenderly said. 
 
 When death caine, suddenly and with only the slightest 
 premonition, he was yet in the full vigor of his mental powers 
 and apparently in the enjoyment of his usual health and phys- 
 ical strength, and although he had passed that milestone which 
 marks the allotted limit of human life, the silvery locks which 
 in such rare and graceful profusion crowned his noble brow and 
 a slightly bended form alone betokened the many years which 
 comprised one of the most beautiful and useful of lives. 
 
 It was just preceding the Presidential campaign of 1880 that 
 I first met Senator Barbour, and although before his death 
 we were thrown into daily intercourse and I enjoyed the privi- 
 lege of his companionship as well as his distinguished fi'iend- 
 ship, it was as a leader of men and a director of great ijolitical 
 movements that I knew him best, for as such he achieved his 
 highest fame and won for himself that love and veneration on 
 the part of the people of his State which knew no diminution 
 up to the hour of his death. For, although he had earned a 
 high and enviaVile reputation as a man of aft'airs and created 
 
88 Address of Mr. /ones, of Virginia^ on the 
 
 for himself a proud position in the world of business before 
 entering actively into public life as a member of the Forty-sev- 
 enth Congress, and was already widely known to the public 
 men of the country, it must in truth be said that he reached 
 the summit of his fame in the iield of politics, where, in his 
 own State, he stood admittedly without a peer. 
 
 In the State election of 1879 a new party sprang into exist- 
 ence in Virginia. It owed its being to the unsettled and 
 threatening condition of an enormous public debt, and its 
 membership enjoyed the suggestive title of ''Eeadjusters." 
 Whatever else may have been said of their leader, he was a man 
 of unsurpassed energy and limitless resource, an able and 
 astute political manipulator, who discovered, in the deplorable 
 state of the public finances and the feverish condition of popu- 
 lar sentiment, a favorable opportunitj' to build up a new party 
 upon a single local issue, aud to promote his personal and 
 boundless ambitions. 
 
 A combination was quickly effected with the leaders of the 
 Republican party, which party was composed in the main of 
 ignorant negroes, and, armed with such a seductive issue as 
 the readjustment of the public debt, the coalition which con- 
 fronted the Democratic or debt-paying party very soon proved 
 to be exceedingly formidable, and after a fierce and bitter 
 struggle it succeeded in securing the absolute control of the 
 legislative branch of the government. The victory thus won 
 was two years later followed by another, which resulted in turn- 
 ing over to a reckless aud irresponsible majority the executive, 
 legislative, and judicial departments of the State government, 
 and which threatened with serious injury, if not absolute 
 desti'uction, the material prosperity and social system of the 
 Commonwealth itself. 
 
 It was this serious condition of aftairs which confronted the 
 people of Virginia at the opening of the biennial legislative 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 89 
 
 election ot the autumn of 18S3. In the summer of that year 
 the Democratic State couvention assembled in the city of 
 Lynchburg- for the purpose of reorganizing its party forces and 
 preparing for the conflict then imminent. Its greatest and 
 most jtressing need was a political David who could success- 
 fully cope with the triumphant and hitherto invincible leader 
 of the coalition forces; one possessing rare power of organiza- 
 tion, consummate knowledge of men and methods, keen politi- 
 cal sagacity, untiring energy, indomitable courage, unfaltering 
 faith, matchless leadership, and a nature thoroughly imbued 
 with the spirit of patriotism; for to such a leader only could be 
 safely committed the destinies of a great party, the hopes of a 
 people, and the perpetuation of the free and enlightened insti- 
 tutions of one of the proudest and grandest of Commonwealths. 
 
 Such leaders are not easily to be found ; they are sometimes 
 raised up in great crises, and Virginia has not been wanting 
 in such when the occasion for which they were needed was 
 present. In John Strode Barbour the hour and the man 
 were met. To him was intrusted the almost unequal task of 
 redeeming the State from the rule of a party whose toiich was 
 even more blighting thau that of " carpet-bagism," and whose 
 master spirit unwonted success had invested with the popular 
 belief that he was invincible. 
 
 But the incomparable management and superb generalship 
 of this new-born leader of Democracy resulted in the complete 
 overthrow of its enemies and culminated in that wonderful 
 political triumph by which the legislature of Virginia was 
 wrested from the hands of those who had come to be regarded 
 as the deadliest foes to the best interests of the State. This 
 single campaign served to establish the reputation of Senator 
 Barbour as aleader of men and a director of campaigns, and 
 to beget for him that affection and rare confidence which the 
 people of Virginia ever afterwards reposed in him. 
 
90 Address of Mr. Jones, of J 'irginia, on the 
 
 In the guberuatorial contest that followed two years latei 
 Seuatcfi' Barbour was again at the head of his party, and his 
 second victory was even more complete than his first. The 
 now defeated coalition leader not only directed in person his 
 forces in that great political battle, but himself headed its 
 ticket, and the defeat which overtook him was decisive and 
 crushin;^- in the extreme. . It robbed him of all that was left 
 of his former prestige, and the party that he had organized 
 and led to victoiy and to power never regained its hold upon 
 the State, and has long since been numbered with the wrecks 
 that are strewn along the triumphant march of Democracy. 
 
 For six years this wonderfully successful leader remained at 
 the head of his party, and each year but added to his unsul- 
 lied fame so courageously won and so richly deserved. At the 
 convention which assembled in Chicago in 1884 he was made 
 a member of the National Democratic Committee, and his 
 associates in that body have always borne willing testimony to 
 the fidelity, wisdom, and exalted patriotism with which he 
 discharged the responsible and arduous duties of that impor- 
 tant trust, and which he continued to discharge up to the time 
 of his death. 
 
 In speaking of the political career of our dead friend I have 
 been obliged to go somewhat into detail. As a member of the 
 Democratic State central committee, during the years in which 
 he was its inspiration as well as its head, its brains as well as 
 its power, and having had the honor of sharing with him in 
 some small degree his arduous labors, I was thus afibrded an 
 unusual opportunity for ol)serving his political methods as 
 well as witnessing the splendor of his triumphs, and I have 
 felt that it was but just to his memory, and not inappropriate 
 even upon such an occasion as this, that I should briefly refer 
 to his brilliant political career, a career that won for the poli- 
 tician a generous admiration, and for the man the enduring 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 91 
 
 love of as uoble aud chivalrous a people as the civilization of 
 the world can boast. 
 
 It is not to be denied that to the vulgar mind the word 
 politician conveys a meaning not in accord with the high 
 moral character and stainless reputation of the man to whose 
 sacred memory we would to-day pay just tribute. But to my 
 mind it carries a far different meaning, and if the life of our 
 dead friend had accomplished no other good purpose, it would 
 at least have given to the world a higher and nobler, a truer 
 and a better, conceptiouof the just uses of politics. 
 
 To study the science of government and to alleviate the woes 
 of mankind, to devote one's talents to the hopes and needs of 
 a comnurnity, and to disseminate the blessings of civilization 
 is of itself ennobling; and such are some of the sweet uses of 
 the science of politics. It is because there is no more inviting 
 field of activity whose gates are open to maiikind that 
 unscrupulous men so frequently occupy it, aud yet the char- 
 acter of the man can only be a reproach to hiui, and ought not 
 to be an argument against the career he has chosen. 
 
 Because legislative bodies have been debauched it does not 
 follow that the pursuit of politics is degrading and all politi- 
 cians corrupt and venal. If so, our much boasted jury system 
 should be abolished, because, forsooth, jiu'ors have been bribed 
 and verdicts purchased. The more inviting and seductive the 
 calling, the greater the danger that bad men will enter upon 
 it. Depict the self-seeking iiolitician in colors as foi'bidding 
 as you may, the science of politics is still the highest of earthly 
 pursuits aud the politician the most faithful exemplification 
 of true manhood. 
 
 In these days of materialism and of practical politics, when 
 governmental and not sentimental questions occupy the atten- 
 tion of statesmen, even the most casual observer can not have 
 failed to note that the practical man is the man who best serves 
 
92 Address of Air. Jones., of Virginia., on the 
 
 Ijis country. Senator Barbour was preeminently a practical 
 man, and although his nature was not devoid of sentiment and 
 the tenderest emotions found a place in his breast, his mind 
 was of au intensely practical turn, and he studied with care the 
 great financial and economic questions with which he was called 
 upon to deal. 
 
 Thorough in all things, he was recognized as a sound and 
 careful adviser, and his long and varied experience as a busi- 
 ness man furnished him with an equipment that made him 
 conspicuously useful as a legislator. He was not merely an 
 intelligent observer of political events — he was more. He was 
 one of those great persoualities who shape public sentiment 
 and direct the course of great events. His ruling inspiration 
 was his love for his State. He was a j)olitician of stainless 
 honor, a statesman of spotless personal character, and a patriot 
 who loved his country with all the intensity of a heart that 
 was comprehensive enough to embrace humanity itself And 
 again, he was withal the kindliest, tenderest, and most gen- 
 erous of men. 
 
 Of an affectionate and sympathetic nature, he was ever 
 alive to the wants and necessities of others, and it is safe to 
 say that few men have died leaving behind tbem so many who, 
 although bound by no ties of blood, mourned with a grief that 
 was deei^er or a sorrow that was more sincere. To this senti- 
 ment there are none who will bear more Milling and heart-felt 
 testimony than my colleagues upon this floor. I can never 
 efface from my memory the rude shock that thrilled me when, 
 in the early hour of that quiet Saturday morning, a mutual 
 friend who had been the guest of Senator Barbour the night 
 before hurried across the street which separated his house 
 from mine, and with uplifted hands, trembling lips, and in 
 tones so low and faltering that they seemed scarce above a 
 whisper, gave utterance to the startling words, " Mr. Barbour 
 is dead."' 
 
Life and Character of John S. Barbour. 9-'5 
 
 Only the daybefoiv 1 had discussed with him the exciting 
 politieal situation then distuihing our party iu Virginia, and 
 had niarljed the deep solicitude, if not forebodings, with which 
 he viewed the internal dissensions which seemed to bech)ud his 
 party's future. His fame was sc'cure, his hohl upon the affec- 
 tions of his people such that he had no care for his own politi- 
 cal futiue. It was only his party's and his country's welfare 
 that caused him anxiety and greatly disturbed his ordinarily 
 (piiet placid nature. 
 
 It is difficult for those who were closely asso<dated with liim 
 in life to realize even now that his soid has taken its flight and 
 that they shall evermore be deprived of the benefit of his wise 
 counsel and his generous friendship. No words can describe 
 the immeasurable loss that the State sustained iu the death of 
 such a man nor adequately poitray the sorrow of those who 
 knew him but to love, to trust, and to admire him. 
 
 Mr. Meredith. I now ask the adoption of the resolutions 
 
 submitted by me. 
 
 The resolutions were unanimously agreed to; and in accord- 
 ance therewith (at 4 o'clock and 55 minutes p. m.) the House 
 adjourned.