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A MEMORIAL OF THE
ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE
TOWN OF BARRE,
JUNE 17, 1874
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A MEMORIAL
OF THE
ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE
TOWN OF BARRE,
JUNE 17, 1874.
CONTAINING THE
HISTORICAL DISCOURSE BY REV. JAMES W. THOMPSON, D.D., OF BOSTON (JAMAICA PLAIN) ;
THE POEM BY CHARLES BRIMBLECOM, ESQ., OF BARRE ;
THE SPEECHES AND OTHER EXERCISES OF THE OCCASION.
Published by the Town.
CAMBRIDGE : PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON. 1875.
CONTENTS.
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PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS . I
CIRCULAR LETTER OF INVITATION
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PROGRAMME . 5
RECEPTION IN TOWN HALL, JUNE 16
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POEM, BY CHARLES E. STEVENS .
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PRESENTATION OF PORTRAIT OF COL. BARRE
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ORDER OF PROCESSION
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PUBLIC EXERCISES
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ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
DAY, DR. GEORGE
BROWN 24
HISTORICAL ADDRESS, BY REV. JAMES W. THOMPSON 29
POEM, BY CHARLES BRIMBLECOM
175
SENTIMENTS AND RESPONSES .
191
LETTER OF NATHAN ALLEN
249
Appendix.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS DURING THE CENTURY 253
LEADING APPROPRIATIONS DURING THE CENTURY 266
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR DURING THE CENTURY 268
SOLDIERS OF BARRE IN THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 . 270
SKETCH OF REGIMENTS IN WHICH THEY SERVED
271
ORIGINAL ASSIGNMENT OF " GREAT AND LITTLE
FARMS " 280
PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS.
IN accordance with the general sentiment of the citizens of BARRE, an article in the warrant for the April meet- ing, 1873, was "to see what action the town will take in relation to celebrating the One Hundredth Anniversary of its Incorporation as a Town ;" and at an adjourned meet- ing, "Voted to accept the Report of the Committee to whom the matter had been referred, and elect the Com- mittee of Arrangement they had nominated." This Report set forth the reasons for the celebration which was recom- mended, the objects to be secured, and a glance at the means to be used ; and, pursuant to its recommendations, the members of the Committee were notified by the Town Clerk of the time and place of the first meeting ; and May 28, 1873, at one o'clock, P.M., the Committee, consisting of
LUKE ADAMS, CHARLES G. ALLEN,
ALPHEUS HARDING, C. C. HEMENWAY,
PLINY H. BABBITT,
AUSTIN HAWES,
GEORGE BROWN,
JOHN HANCOCK,
CHARLES BRIMBLECOM,
JAMES W. JENKINS,
GEORGE M. BUTTRICK,
SAMUEL A. KINSMAN,
JAMES H. CARRUTH,
NELSON LORING,
ORAMEL CLARK,
HENRY E. RICE,
DANIEL CUMMINGS,
DAVID RICE, ALLEN RICE,
JASON DESPER, JAMES F. DAVIS,
WILLIAM L. RUSSELL,
MARSHALL D. EATON,
FRANKLIN SMITH,
JOHN T. ELLSWORTH, JASON GORHAM,
J. EDWIN SMITH, HENRY J. SHATTUCK,
J. HENRY GODDARD,
JAMES H. SIBLEY,
HIRAM WADSWORTH,
ADDISON H. HOLLAND, STEPHEN HEALD, PETER HARWOOD,
EDWIN WOODS,
HARDING WOODS,
EDWARD DENNY,
JOHN W. RICE,
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met at the Town Hall, and organized by electing EDWIN WOODS Chairman, and ADDISON H. HOLLAND Secretary.
A Committee of eight was appointed, to which were added the Chairman and Secretary, to report a plan of proceedings and such sub-committees as their report should render necessary.
The report of this Committee, nominating eight sub-com- mittees, and indicating their duties, was adopted, and the nominations were as follows : -
History, Tradition, Biography, and Genealogy.
EDWIN WOODS.
PETER HARWOOD.
CHARLES BRIMBLECOM.
DAVID RICE.
JASON GORHAM.
HIRAM WADSWORTH.
LUKE ADAMS.
JAMES W. JENKINS.
J. HENRY GODDARD.
Statistics.
HENRY E. RICE.
HIRAM WADSWORTH.
WILLIAM L. RUSSELL.
HARDING WOODS.
STEPHEN HEALD. PLINY H. BABBITT.
JOHN T. ELLSWORTH.
Correspondence with Native and Former Residents and Descendants.
JAMES W. JENKINS. J. HENRY GODDARD.
CHARLES G. ALLEN. ALPHEUS HARDING.
ADDISON H. HOLLAND. C. C. HEMENWAY
FRANKLIN SMITH. JAMES H. SIBLEY.
AUSTIN HAWES.
Correspondence with Representatives of Colonel Isaac Barre.
GEORGE BROWN.
ORAMEL CLARK.
CHARLES BRIMBLECOM.
J. EDWIN SMITH.
JOHN HANCOCK.
Intellectual Entertainment.
CHARLES BRIMBLECOM.
GEORGE BROWN.
GEORGE M. BUTTRICK.
EDWARD DENNY.
JAMES W. JENKINS.
Music.
HENRY J. SHATTUCK.
JASON DESPER.
JAMES F. DAVIS.
EDWARD DENNY.
WILLIAM L. RUSSELL.
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Finance.
JOHN W. RICE.
HARDING WOODS.
SAMUEL A. KINSMAN. DANIEL CUMMINGS.
JAMES H. CARRUTH.
Executive Committee.
JAMES W. JENKINS.
JAMES F. DAVIS.
MARSHALL D. EATON.
EDWIN WOODS.
GEORGE M. BUTTRICK.
NELSON LORING.
ADDISON H. HOLLAND.
ALLEN RICE.
JOHN W. RICE.
SAMUEL S. HAMILTON.
JOEL B. HINKLEY.
J. HENRY GODDARD was elected Corresponding Secretary.
It was voted by the Committee that Rev. JAMES W. THOMPSON, D.D., of Jamaica Plain, be invited to deliver an address appropriate to the occasion, and the Chairman and Corresponding Secretary were instructed to convey to him the invitation. At a subsequent meeting of the Com- mittee it was voted that our fellow-citizen, CHARLES BRIM- BLECOM, Esq., be invited to prepare a Poem; and both of the invitations were in due season accepted.
The several committees just mentioned entered vigor- ously upon their appropriate work, the General Commit- tee meeting once a month to hear reports and agree upon details. The officers of the day were appointed the 18th of April, as follows : -
President. Dr. GEORGE BROWN.
Vice-Presidents.
FRANCIS RICE.
EDWIN WOODS.
JAMES W. JENKINS. GEORGE M. BUTTRICK.
Marshal.
Dr. CHARLES G. ALLEN, who was authorized to appoint his Assistants.
Early in the season, the Committee on Correspondence with native and former residents and their descendants prepared a circular letter of invitation, which was adopted
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by the Committee and sent to all those persons whose names and post-office address were known, and is as fol- lows : -
CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY.
OFFICE OF CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, BARRE, Mass., February, 1874.
On the 17th of June next will occur the one hundredth anni- versary of the incorporation of this town.
That event the citizens propose to celebrate by an oration, banquet, and such other intellectual, social, and festive obser- vances as may be deemed appropriate to make it an occasion of marked interest to the present and former residents of the town, and their descendants, who may gather here to render a fitting tribute of gratitude and respect to the memory and character of the men and women who, braving the privations incident to pio- neer life, laid deep and strong the foundations of those social, religious, and industrial institutions that have existed and given character to our town.
In pursuance of that purpose, the Committee of Arrangements have, with entire unanimity, invited a well-known and highly- esteemed son of Barre to deliver an historical address appropriate to the occasion, which has been accepted.
To aid the Orator and Committee in their efforts to collect and perpetuate an historic record of the town, before or since the first settlers occupied it, all persons and societies who may know any fact, tradition, incident, or characteristic tending to illustrate its history, are specially requested to communicate the same to the Committee, with as little delay as possible.
This circular is intended to be an earnest appeal to all natives and former residents of Barre, and their descendants, wherever they may be, to co-operate in this celebration, to improve this birthday occasion to revisit the homes and resting-places of their ancestors, renew the associations and memories of the past, strengthen and brighten the friendships of other days, and mutually profit by the lessons of the past hundred years.
In behalf of Committee of Correspondence,
JAMES W. JENKINS, Chairman.
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In accordance with the vote, there was reported and adopted the following Programme : -
I. VOLUNTARY.
II. INVOCATION.
III. READING OF SCRIPTURES. IV. HYMN BY THE CHOIR.
WHAT thanks, O God ! to thee are due, That thou didst plant our fathers here, And watch and guard them as they grew, A vineyard to the planter dear.
The toils they bore our ease have wrought ; They sowed in tears, - in joy we reap ; The birthright they so dearly bought We'll guard till we with them shall sleep.
V. PRAYER.
VI. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.
VII. SINGING BY CHILDREN.
DEAR friends of ours, assembled here To bless this happy hour, Welcome to this delightful place, To pleasure's lovely bower ; And while with joy our voices rise, And echo through this numerous throng, Let memory take a passing glance At days long passed and gone.
We read that through these forests once The bear and wolf did roam ; That here our grandsires pitched their tents, Here made their forest home ; That o'er the dark blue waves they came, And left their kith and kin behind, That they might truly worship God At freedom's glorious shrine.
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VIII. HISTORICAL DISCOURSE. BY REV. JAMES W. THOMPSON, D.D.
IX. CENTENNIAL HYMN.
BY MISS MARY BRIMBLECOM.
AN hundred years gone by ! Though in the past they lie, A century, What thoughts to-day unfold, Of lives all long since told,
Of old-time deeds and words ! Bless'd memory !
Through full an hundred years, Sped on by hopes and fears, Time's stream hath run. With many a song-lit hour, With grief's subduing power,
Its waves flow as of yore, From sun to sun.
With fortune's favored care, These lands and fields so fair Bless us to-day ; And their bright songs of praise To the Creator raise, For benefits received This century.
And when thou callest home, The cent'ry's work all done, To rest in thee, We'll praise thee, Lord, above, God of all faith and love, Thy Son and Holy Ghost, Eternally.
COLLATION.
I. MUSIC BY THE BAND.
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II. POEM.
BY CHARLES BRIMBLECOM.
III. ODE.
BY MISS CARRIE BACON.
TUNE, "Auld Lang Syne."
ONE hundred years have passed away, And life has come and gone, Since first amid the forest old Our fathers found a home ; And where your pleasant homesteads rise, 'Mid meadows green and fair, The settler's log-walled cabin stood, The wild beast made his lair.
This day to us is holy time, For in this month of flowers Was freedom born at Bunker's Hill, A birthday proud is ours ! Our good old town hath loyal been To honor, right, and truth, And we have kept through all the years Sweet mem'ries of our youth.
And so, old friends, we home return, To keep our natal day ; Led by the fair soft hand of June Along our pleasant way : We come the old familiar path Once more with joy to tread, And roam where first our childish feet In careless freedom sped.
The glory of the Summer time, Her green robes gemmed with flowers, Her roses twined in garlands fair, Make glad and bright the hours. The grand old woods the air-harps wild To softest notes attune, As 'mid their depths the sylvan choir Chant gladsome songs of June.
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And voices dear in years gone by Give us a welcome sweet, As friends belov'd in youth's glad time Again with joy we greet. Where'er the earnest work of life Hath led our wand'ring feet,
As children, homeward we return In love and peace to meet.
Whate'er of care or grief hath dimmed The brightness of our way, 'Tis only sweetest, fairest flowers On mem'ry's shrine we lay. While tender thoughts of loved ones gone, - Affection's severed chain, -
The heart-lyre thrills with gentlest touch, Like music's soft refrain.
IV. SENTIMENTS, RESPONSES, MUSIC, &c.
The multitude expected being larger than could be conveniently gathered in any of our buildings, a Committee, consisting of
JAMES F. DAVIS,
NELSON LORING,
ALLEN RICE,
ORAMEL CLARK,
SAMUEL S. HAMILTON, CHARLES G. ALLEN,
P. H. BABBITT,
JOEL B. HINKLEY,
were charged with the matter of a tent and a platform, seats, and decorations, and it having been decided to have a free collation, that subject also was referred to the same Committee.
The social features of the occasion required that an opportunity should be afforded for an informal meeting and greeting of the sons and daughters of the town, who should return to honor, by their presence, the home of their childhood on its anniversary, and to renew the friend- ships and memories of other days, and therefore there was arranged a reception at the Town Hall, Tuesday evening,
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the 16th inst., and Messrs. JENKINS, BUTTRICK, and HOL- LAND were appointed a Committee to have the general arrangement of the gathering.
Learning that one of the sons of Barre residing abroad had procured and sent for presentation to the town a finely-painted portrait of the distinguished orator, states- man, and soldier, Col. ISAAC BARRE, for whom the town was named, the idea of making that picture one of the feat- ures of the occasion and a pleasant surprise seemed fitting, and it was arranged that it should be presented at that time, and CHARLES E. STEVENS, Esq., of Worcester, was invited to prepare an appropriate introduction of the incident and gathering. An invitation was extended to the citizens having in their possession portraits of persons who had been connected with the public or social life of the town, to loan them to add interest to the occasion ; and when the Hall was opened for the reception of friends, the familiar faces of those whose memory was cherished by all met the view from the walls. Mild and benevolent as during his long ministry shone the pastor who for fifty years had taught the fathers and the sons the way of righteousness, - Rev. Dr. Thompson. The family physician of many of the citizens looked on his patients, whose lives perchance he had by his skill snatched from the grave, while the portrait of his wife, that venerable mother in our Israel, Mrs. Dr. Bates, hung by his side, though separated from him by nearly forty years. Hon. Nath'l. Houghton, a lawyer of the town, with his accomplished wife, were recalled to many friends by the portraits of their younger days ; while those of the venerable Gen. Lee and his wife, the shrewd and kind-hearted Deacon Joseph Barrett, the solid and substantial Mr. Peter Harwood, the jolly Mr. Alpheus Plummer, with their wives, the thoughtful countenance of Hon. Timothy Jenkins, and the youthful head of the late distinguished Gen. Joseph B. Plummer, the merchants
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Harding P. Woods and Charles Lee, besides many others equally entitled to be mentioned, all united to carry us back to the memories and friendships of other days, and fitly to inaugurate the reception of the portrait of the man for whom the town was named.
Besides these pictures, there were relics of an interesting character, - as, a musket which was carried at the battle of Bunker Hill, a sword worn on the same occasion, a pair of spurs and a cap box, that came over in the Mayflower, and many more of equal interest appropriately arranged.
In the centre of the Hall, in the rear of the platform, a marroon curtain covered a frame four feet high by three feet ten inches wide.
After the Hall was filled, and a short time had been spent in familiar conversation, the Chairman of the Committee invited the audience to give their attention to a piece of music which was rendered from the piano in a style of rare excellence (good judges said) ; but such was the desire for conversation and hand-shaking in these brief moments, that no considerations of courtesy could secure the requisite silence for its appreciation.
The attention was, after a short time, invited to CHARLES E. STEVENS, Esq., of Worcester, who came forward in front of the picture and recited the following lines :
WHEN England's Commons sat in state, And hurried through, with brief debate, That famous Act which forced our sires To light the Revolution's fires,*
No voice of protest smote their ears, No words of warning roused their fears ;
To Townshend's insults none replied, His soothing falsehoods none denied ;
* The Stamp Act. This, of course, was not the immediate cause of the Revolution, but still it was the entering wedge.
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None, until Barré rose, alone,* And made our fathers' cause his own ; Rose, and, with courage flaming high, Gave back to Townshend this reply :
" They, exiles ! planted by your care ! 'Twas your oppression drove them there. Nourished by your indulgence ! No ! 'Twas your neglect that made them grow. Protected by your arms ! They fought In your defence ; unaided wrought In those far wilds to build a state To make your empire wide and great. But mark ! the love of freedom still, As ever, rules that people's will ; Forbear to try their temper, lest They from your grasp that empire wrest."
Our fathers heard, across the sea, Those words of fire, that burning plea : They felt the flame, then dealt the stroke That brake in pieces England's yoke. Thereafter, Isaac Barré's name New England's household word became, And school-boys learned his speech to speak, Nor cared for nobler words to seek. Boston, with roused, attentive ear, That far-off speech was quick to hear, That far-off Friend was first to greet, And lay her honors at his feet. In stately words his acts she told, In solemn form her thanks enrolled, And, in her proud, historic hall Decreed his Picture to install.
* General Conway was associated with Colonel Barré in opposition to the Stamp Act, but his speech was never reported; and, in the popular estima- tion of New England, Barré, through his famous speech, printed in all the school-books andª declaimed by successive generations of school-boys, stood as the champion of America.
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But in that hall is seen no more That Picture, seen there once of yore ; Nor lives there one to tell its fate, Or of its loss to mark the date.
We pass a century of years, And lo ! his Picture reappears : Not Boston, - his fair namesake now Unveils to view his noble brow. Behold him ! and recall the hour When he for us rebuked the Power Which drove us to the deadly strife That issued in our nobler life. Behold ! and mark that manly face, Where sweetness adds a finer grace To sterner lines, which prove the man Was framed on some heroic plan. We gaze, and lo ! the canvas shines With life and truth in all its lines ; Again before our eyes he lives The character which history gives : - A soldier, gallant in the fight ; A statesman, standing for the right ; An orator, with tongue of fire The weak to nerve, the dull t'inspire ; A patriot to his country true, Yet to our country faithful too : Who thus, Old England's loyal son, New England's grateful homage won. Behold him ! and rejoice that when This goodly town was named again, When Hutchinson, that hated name, Was flung aside in scorn and shame, 'Twas Barré's fame the town most prized, And BARRE 'twas anew baptized. Thanks to the fine, discerning sense Which led the fathers to dispense With sounding Greek and Roman names, With Adams', Otis', Warren's claims,
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And their admiring choice bestow On him who was both friend and foe : - Unwilling foe by fault of birth, Unstinting friend by choice, his worth With paradoxal glory shone, And made them make his name their own. They also, by such choosing tried, Now live before us glorified. And thanks to him whose generous thought The happy inspiration caught That noble Presence here to place, This hall, and him, alike to grace ; An outward glory, but, beside, A gracious monitor and guide, Suggesting good, forbidding ill, By fine example teaching still. 'Tis well such Presence should look down Upon the freemen of the town, As they, for business, year by year In grave assembly gather here ;
'Tis well such Presence they should feel, While acting for the common weal. Thus, rising to a loftier plane, Their civic life shall reap the gain, Unworthy arts shall get no hold, Nor bribes be paid, nor votes be sold, And large and generous reach of thought To every question shall be brought ; So they, not Barré's name alone, His virtues, too, shall make their own.
But now a nearer theme invites - Reunion, with its dear delights. Retire, the Past, while I salute The Present, of that Past the fruit. Fair town ! that sittest on thy hills, Made verdurous by a thousand rills, To thee, on this thy natal day, All glorious in thy June array,
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Thy absent children homeward flock ; To thee, who didst their cradles rock, Who led'st them up to manhood's prime, And blessed and sent them forth to climb, With vigorous feet, the ways of life, And mingle, conquering, in its strife : From every land that lured them forth, From the sunny South, the bracing North, The waning East with age oppressed, Or from the waxing, greatening West, As doves unto their windows come, With beating hearts they hasten home. How beauteous in their eyes art thou ! No marks of time oppress thy brow, No change makes sad the lapse of years, No ruin stirs the fount of tears ; Still, as when first they roamed away, Unchanged they find thee here to-day. And they, how welcome to thy breast, The pillow of their earliest rest ! How wide for them thy sheltering arms, Their first defence from rude alarms ! What though they come not as they went, With eye undimmed and form unbent ; What though on some once youthful heads Now gleam the sobering, silver threads, And some with wintry snows are white, That once with raven locks were bright? To change like this thy love is blind : Thy children, only, thou dost find In old or young, who homeward press, To share once more thy dear caress ; All, all who once upon thee hung, To thee are still for ever young. They, too, the magic current feel Of youth through all their pulses steal ; Antæus-like, their native ground They touch, and back to youth rebound ;
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Age, like a garment, slips away, And, girls and boys, once more they play Around the hearth or school-house door ; Or, rich in pennies, seek the store Where bright, seductive candies glow With all the colors of the bow ; Or, Sunday scholars, sit in rows, Impatient for the hour to close ; Or fish along the trout-full stream, Or lie upon its banks and dream ; Or chase the squirrels up the trees, Whence, impudent and at their ease, With chatter they their foes assail, And flirt defiance with the tail. Perchance 'tis winter, and elate, Triumphant on the conquering skate, They hiss along the polished ice ; Nor heedful, always, of advice, Forbear to tempt, with venturous feet, The sometimes thin and treach'rous sheet. Perchance the sleigh-ride they revive, As to the neighboring town they drive At Christmas-tide or glad New Year, While glowing cheek and tingling ear Attest th' exhilarating strife Of outward cold with inward life.
But who shall all the scenes recount Which rise to view from memory's fount? What gift of speech exhaust the theme That centres in this hour supreme ? Not mine the gift : my task is done, My slender thread of verse is spun ; The endless theme I leave with you, And, till the morrow, say - Adieu.
At the appropriate time the curtain was dropped from the picture, and it was welcomed by enthusiastic cheers.
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It is a life-size bust of Col. BARRE, dressed in the cos- tume of the period, - a marroon velvet coat, with ruffles, - and is the representation of a character of dignity and firmness. After Mr. Stevens had concluded, Mr. EDWIN WOODS was introduced, who said : -
" It has been said that names are things. It is certain they are of no little importance in their relation to the feelings, and may have an influence on the conduct and character of individuals, and of communities. The name of a town from its associations may influence for good or ill the feelings and fortunes of the dwellers therein.
" When the founders of this town realized that they had the prospect of aiding to perpetuate the memory of one whose public conduct had rendered his memory infamous, they made a spirited and successful effort to be rid of that burden, and had the satis- faction of receiving instead the name of one who had endeared himself to the people of these colonies by his defence of their cause in the British parliament.
" Born of obscure French emigrants who had settled in Dublin, he had found his way into the army, and by a diligent use of his opportunities had acquired the art of a ready and graceful speaker, and possessed himself of a fund of accurate and telling statistical facts with which he was enabled to meet and dispel the sophistry with which the ministry of the day sought to gild their tyranny. While in the service of his country as one of her armed defenders he gained the confidence of the gallant Wolfe, and was with him in the hospital wounded, as that youthful hero, also wounded, on hearing that his purpose was accomplished, the army of the British was successful, and the French were flying, exclaimed, with patriotic enthusiasm, then 'God be praised ! I die happy,' and immediately expired.
" The group of youthful heroes around the bedside of their beloved dying commander have been transferred to canvas by the pencil of the famous Benjamin West. Among them was Lord Amherst and Isaac Barre, who subsequently became attached friends, as they together, as commander-in-chief and aid, continued the contest for British dominion in Canada. As a proof of their friendship, a picture of Col. Barre was painted for the gallery of
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