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His princii:)les and services were appreciated by those \f ding lieformers, Messrs. Baldwin and Lafontaine. These gentlemen, in concert wnth their liberal minded colleague^^ conferred on him the offices of Deputy Clerk of the CrowR 94 liil and Clerk of the County Court of Carleton.=^ This was only 41 commencement of their favor. But it was no slight mark of the improvement of the times, when a Catholic and a Re- former could be appointed to offices of even such moderate importance. Mr. Friel held these appointments for some years when, in 1857, he resigned thom of his own accord, in order to become a candidate for a seat in the Provincial Legislature. In this, however, like many an able man besides himself, he was defeated. As has been already observed, this is no place for details. But it may be generally remarked yfchat the late H. J. Friel was as conspicuous and exemplary Bby prudence and moderation throughout his career as a 2?olitical Joalnalist, as by wisdom and sobriety in the tenor <©f his life. He was more than once in times less tranquil ithan the i^resent, the means under Heaven, of preserving peace between contending parties. And is it nothing to be 31 peace-maker ? Such, Divine inspiration declares, AEE BLESSED. And does not society bless them ? And does not -^our youthful country bless them ? And will it not continue to extol them so long as peace and union and concord shall l)e necessary for our national existence, our x^rosperity, our glory, and our hai>piness both individually, and collectively as a people ? In a more advanced state of society than that in which the lot of our late Mayor was cast, his abilities and attain- ments might have been merel37 ornamental. But in a com- munity in which every thing had to be created on which the social state depends, such a man could not fail to be useful. If we may not venture to say that he was called into existence in order to meet the wants of the lime, it is no exaggeration to affirm that his energies were awakened, and his character as a public man, chiefly formed by the pressing senre of these wants. Accordingly we find that from the early age of twenty-three, when a member of the Municipal Board, till the time of his last illness, he never ceased to promote improvements of every kind and to en- courage the founding of those institutions which were so necessary for a community which was destined to become * In connection with these offices. Mr. Friel was also Registrar of the Surrogate Court, Deputy Clei-k of the Crown and Pleas, and Clerk of the drown for the County of Carleton. 05 nnmeroi\s and to occnx>y an iniluential position in the land. No donbt it was not apparent so long ago as the year 184G, that the village of Bytown which owed its beginnings to the officer — the late Colonel By — who built the Kideau canal, would possess to-day those magnificent buildings in which the Legislature of the Canadian Dominion assemldes. But nevertheless, Mr. II. J. Friel, together with other patriotic citi- zens who co-operated with him, as if actuated by a i:)resenti- ment of the future greatness of the little town, laboured both earnestly and diligently, and, ceased not to struggle perse- veringly as became the pioneers of a civilization higher b}'' far than that in which they commenced their toils, through evil report and good report. Their laudable endeavours, it is scaAiely necessary to observe, were crowned with su.ch suc- cess, that at the time at which the Grovernment too]' its seat at Ottawa, none of those institutions could be said to be wanting which were calculated to meet the requirements of a city of its extent and prospects. ImproA^ement had been carried on so far in every way, that they who had been accustomed to the comforts, the convenience, the sym- metry and the beauty of more ancient cities, were delighted to find on arriving at Ottawa, that there were none of those eyesores which they had been led to dread. On the contrary, they beheld everywhere spacious and well laid out streets, a convenient and even elegant style of street architecture, well supplied markets, shops where everything was at hand which use or fashion could require, and withal, the greatest activity in every department of city progress — new streets opened, new buildings erected, suburbs arising in the environs, manufactures extending, the foaming Otta- wa itself becoming every day more and more subservient to the will and the wants of man, adapting itself with surpris- ing rapidity to the purposes of multiplied communications and developed commerce. In all the deliberations and dis- cussions which preceded, and were more or less directly the cause of these beneficial results, Mr. II. J. Friel bore a pro- minent share, and in his capacity of Councillor, Keeve, Mayor, encouraged every useful project, and willingly undertook, even more than ought properly to have fallen to his lot, of the labour that was necessary for carrying it out. Works of benevolence and charity meanvr'hile were not neglected. The fruits of these works are now a benefit 96 alike and an ornament to the City. And they will long re- main, may we hope, to bless our people and to relieve our poor in the generations thatars to come. No doubt, mpny causes were at work, whilst such beiiciicent under taking-s were ori- ginated and realized The church was preaching v^Jiarity and inciting her children to make sacrifices in its cause ; good citi- zens lent a willing hand, benevolent and charitable men con- curred, many even devoting themselves and entering the ranks of associations whose object was the purest charity. Among such associations may be named and with highest honor, the society of h>t. Vincent de Paul. This society devotes itself exclusively to charity. And its charity is both liberal and universal, never descending to be narroiu and partial in its operation. Mr. H. J. Friel was one of its most zealous members and most efficient promoters. As such he deserves to be honored in this place. And for this it is, chiefly, that he is now, we doubt it not, exalted in that new state of existence to which he has been called. For, are not they pronounced hlesaed who have consideration for the needy and the poor ? Beatus qui in fell is; it super eg^emim et paupcrem. (Psm. 40;2.) A good christian is invariably a good citizen. Tiiat in his capacity of citizen, the late Mr. Friel was more than ordinarily meritorious, a glance at the numerous institutions which he so materially aided in founding, will abundantly prove. In the early days of the city, such an institution as our Mechanics' Institute appeared to be a requirement of the time. Our iioi)ulation was unfortunately divided both poli- tically and religiously. It was desirable, therefore, that there should be some neutral ground on which all could meet as well for an interchange of ideas as for mutual im- • provement. Such a powerful aid towards social progress • was not to be thrown aside or treated with neglect. Mr, Friel, as a public man, apiireciated this new influence, and • f»!id availed himself of the earliest opportunity for render- ing it tributary to the cause of civic improvement. The Me- chanics' Institute and Atheneum of Ottawa was founded. Mr. - Friel never ceased to be its warmest supporter, as he was, from its earliest beginnings, its enlightened counsellor. It is only justice to the Inrjtitut » itself to state that it has con- tinued true to the principles and views which led to its establishment. Its halls have never been stained by anv-^ 97 .)»' thing like party strife or the bitterness of religious contro- versy. The Society called by the name of St. John the Baptist, and which, from the early date of its formation, has alibrded the most favorable representation of French Canadian na- tionality at Ottawa, ow^es many advantages to the encourage- ment so widely and liberally extended to it by our departed chief magistrate. The Irish national society — Si. Patrick's — was also in- debted to Mr. Friel for a generous moral support and the most salutary counsel. In fairness to that Society, it must be added that, guided by sound principles, and the sage advice of such wise counsellors as our late lamented Mayor, it continued for many years to grow in imi:)ortance and to X')rosper, doing honor to the city as well as to the country w^hich it represents. But details are superfluous. Let it suffice to observe that all the national societies, the chief object of which, as is well known, was benevolence, met with all the counte- nance and well deserved support which it was possible or suitable for Mr. Friel to bestow. The many improvements of which the City stood in need, were zealously and energetically forwarded by Mr. Friel, both as Mayor and Municipal Councillor ; and not blindly or in obedience to generous impulse merely, but according to the knowledge and enlightenment with which he was endowed. No doubt, the city of the woods could not always ha\e lagged behind the ago as it did, and it is no disparagement, to say it, at its commencements. It was not destined to CQntinue in a state of physical anymore than of intellectual darkness. But that it possessed so soon a system of Gras works was due in great measure to the zeal and activity with which Mr. Friel urged on his fellow citizens the neces- sity of this improvement. Some twenty years ago the town was steadily advanc- ing. But it remained as yet, shut out to a certain extent, from the rest of the world. The age had now become faster if not better. Mankind were laid under the necessity of travelling by Ivailways and at Eailway speed. Ottawa could not stay behind. It must have its railway. In this as in everything else that concerned the public good, Mr. Friel :l ! m •\ tt I 1 98 was destined to bear his part. Mr. Eobert Bell, lately M. P. for the county of Russell, was, indeed, the lirst promoter of the Ottawa & Prescott liailway which has been in full oper- f ation for fourteen year.i, but nevertheless, the usual zeal and ability and perseverance of H. J. Friel were at work, and tended to hasten its construction. He was one of its first directors, and in this position sustained the flagging spirits of his fellow -citizens who were delighted whilst amazed at a work which, for the time and the place, was a truly gigan- J tic undertaking. f Mr. Friel powerfully cooperated also in constituting ': that committee of v . Jzens which may not inappropriately, be jermed, the Commercial Parliament of Central Canada, — the Ottaiva Board of Trade. The interests of a community which had now become so flourishing, required to be res- pectably and influentially represented. The desired representation was found in the Board of Trade, with which Mr. Friel, from its earliest days, identified himself, and of which he always continued to be a leading and respected counsellor. It will be said, perhaps, that it was his ambition as a citizen of Ottawn . that induced Mr. Friel to recommend this city, which h frequently did both in public addresses and through the i ion newspaper, as the most suitable place for a permanent st. f government. The opinion which he so often expressed, however, it must be remarked, was held also by the most eminent statesmen and leading military characters of Grreat Britain. It has been even affirmed that Champlain himself pointed to the spot where Ottawa now stands, as the site of a future city which, at some epoch more or less remote, would rule an extensive country. Be this as it may, the judgment so often rendered by our late Mayor, both orally and in the press, is now irrevocably confirmed by the Imperial Legislature and the decision of her most gracious Majesty the Queen. Nothing need now be said in support of the arguments which Mr. Friel as a patriotic journalist, was wont to ad- duce and eloquently urge in favor of the Ottawa Ship Canal. Now that the North West Territory has been acquired, and that the rapid colonization of the vast countries which that Territory contains, has become a necessity of the time, it is obvious alike to all thinking men, that a canal which will m 99 afford access to the fertile lands of the Red Hirer, the Sas- katchewan and the Assiniboine, as well as to the coal mines, the fjold fields and the Pacific Ocean harbonrs of British Columbia, from all Lower and Central Canada, no less than from the Atlantic Provinces of NovaHcotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward's Island, and Newfoundland, whilst Great Britain and other Euroi^ean conntries will be glad to avail themselves of the new communJc?tion in the interest of their manifold relations with America and the distant East, may well be considered as a work of more than noiional — of world-wide importance. Its merits could not fail to be appreciated by such a writer as the late Mr. Friel, and it highly redounds to his honor that at a time when public opinion was far from being so matured as at the present day, he possessed the moral courage to devote his pen to the advocacy of a scheme so beneficial and so grand, but which at the time at which he first undertook to write in its sup- port, was so little understood. "What improvement can be pointed to that our late worthy Mayor did not countenance and even earnestly labour to forward ? It had become manifest that the city increasing rapidly as it is well known to increase, could not much longer remain without a system of water works. In this respect it was behind many towns of less importance than itself. It suffered, moreover, very grievously from the privation. It suffered in its funds more than can be calculated. It suffered in its credit, especially with Insurance Com- panies, for it possessed no means of extinguishing promptly the destructive fires which were of such frequent occur- rence. It suffered as regarded its extension and improve- ment, being less attractive to parties who might on other grounds have thought of choosing it as their place of abode. It suffered as concerned the health of its inhabitants, more perfect drainage, ventilation and cleanliness which an abundant supply < f water fails not to secure, becoming every day more n cessary as the population increased. May it not be said, even, that it suffered in respect of the piety and morals of its people ? For who does not know that cleanli- ness which is unattainable without fresh and limpid water, is closely allied to Clodliness ? To procure so great an advantage to the city, as a never foiling supp] y of the purest water from an uncorrupted source, was the latest labour of 100 .n our lamented Mayor. And like all his labours in the public cause, it was a labour of love. Fortunately his i)rivate afFairs were in such a position as to allow him the full command of his time, and he devoted it without fee or other reward than the inward satisfaction of doing good, to the Ecrvice of his fellow citizens. Mr. l^^riel was also as far as his influence extended a patron of letters and the line arts, Inshmeos could be ad- duced of x)arties who had learned to use their pen with fa- cility having obtained i)rofitable employment through his prompt and direct interference in their behalf. And it is still within the recollection of many citizensof Ottawa when there was question not over two years ago, of doing honor to a gifted and aspiring votary of the Muses, H. J. Friel as Mayor of the city, lent all his countenance, and even graced the Chair at the Banquet which it w^as resolved to hold on an occasion not unworthy of such honor. As regards his readiness and zeal in advancing the cause of the line arts which he viewed as a powerful means of improvement, let a distinguished professor, the ablest artist of the place bear witness. That Mr. Friel posessed in an eminent degree the confidence of his fellow citizens generally, is abundantly evi- dent from the fact that throughout the whole of his too brief public career, he continued to be a prominent member of the municipal council. lie was first elected to this position in 1846 when the tcwn was first incorporated. He was sev- eral times chosen Reeve in the earlier days of the community. And when called from this earthly scene, he was for the fourth time Mayor of the city of Ottawa. No doubt in the course of his long and zealous services he must have excited oi)position. The ability, the energy, the ardor with which he pushed forward so many improvements, could not fail, to stir up hostility in the minds of parties less well informed and less appreciative than himself. There may have been at times a certain amount of irritation. But who is there now that would not lay aside every adverse feeling, resent- ment, even if it existed, in presence of his early and yet oj)en grave V If he used the w^eapon of lan- guage ^vhich he could wield so ably, in order to con- vince and to persuade unwilling minds, for w4iat other purpose was it given him ? And if any ever felt its sting — and if a remembrance still remain, let it be laid with him 101 where he now lies, | lifeless, on that bier, nm'A the sad and solemn i)omp of death ! All his aims were good. And, ye ! if there be any such, who think that he pursued them with more ardour than was fitting-, or misapplied his power of eloquence in urging- them in tlie face of npathy or opposition, behold that countenance so calm and seiene in its everlast- ing stillness, which can giA'e life no more, for its own is gone, to the public meeting or the social circle, — behold those lips which but yesterday, discoursed so eloquently, now i:)ale and cold and forever silent, and bid. your souls be still ! Be hushed the storm ol thought amid this mournful scene ! Be the mind, itself subdued — awed to composure and to peace in presence of the high decree which hr^a snatched from life so early, a deserving citizen in the zenith of his reputation and midway in his career of usefulness ! If his span of life, too short alas ! was honorable to our lamented Mayor as a man and as a citizen, so was its close such as becomes a true christian. No sooner was, he given to understand that the malady which ended his time on earth, would prove fatal, than he expressed his resignation to the Divine will. " I regret life," he said, " on account of the good I might still have been able to accomplish, but I willingly submit." The few hours that still remained were spent between prayer to Grod and conversations with his friends. We have been taught to admire the last moments of some of the pre-christian sages. But can they compare with those of the faithful christian ? He knows that they they are blessed luho die in the Lord, (Apoc. 14, 13.) {Beati mortui qui in Domino moriuntur), that there is no condemnation, unto them who are in Christ Jesus. Relying on this knowl- edge, the christian soul is borne aloft upon the wings of hope. He has lived soberly, righteously, and godly in this world','' shall he not then have confidence when called to meet his Grod and Saviour ? {Sobrie et Juste, et pie vivamus in hoc scecvlo, expectantes beatam spem et adventum glorias magni Dei et Salvatoris nostriJesu Christi, Titus II, 11.) Such was the comforting reflection which sustained our good Mayor during the last hours of his sojourn on earth. Such was the Christian hope which enabled him to converse about high and holy and heavenly things with as much composure as if he had been only preparing for a temporary absence from his earthly home. At last as the day of rest Ill 102 :! I. was about to dawn he, said composedly, " it is groioing dark^'^ As he spoke, his vision failed ; his life ebbed away, and be beheld not the approaching light of Grod's day as it bro]'e for the slumbering world. But with that new power of \ision which came to him as his material sight declined, he beheld the dawn of the ev^erlasting sabbath day in the Heavens above. It VYa^ appointed for him no more to worship at our altars and celebrate an earthly sabbath. Nor could he account this appointment, so stern to our thinking, as loss. For he had gone to that Temple and to that Altar where Cheist our High Phi est himself ministereth, mediating for us, Heb. (7, 25,)=* having- entered once into the Holies through his blood of the New Testament^ (Hebrews 9.) There, — even in Heaven's high Sanctuary, united with Cheist Jesus by the bonds of redeeming love, participates the departed soul in that holiest worship and sacrificial atonement of the Divine Son, the Soveeeign High Peiest, the Mediator between God and men, (I Tim. 2, 6,) in respect of which our worship here below, notwithstanding that it is most holy and excellent and of Divine Institution, is, nevertheless^ only as veiled and hidden glory. Semper vivens ad interpellandum pro nobis. FUI^EHAL or TOE LATE H. J. FRIEL, ESQ., MAYOR 01' OTTAWA ON WEDNESDAY, 1'Jth MAY, ISGO. From the Ottawa Times, May 20, 1869. The remains of the late Henry J. Friel, Esq , Mayor of the city of C'^ttawa, whose mortal career was terminated by death on Sunday morning last, were placed in their final resting place yesterday afternoon. On Monday mornmg the members of the Council assembled in the city hall for the purpose of considering what measures were most proper to be taken under the cir- cumstances, w^hen resolutions of condolence with Mrs. Friel, in her sad bereavement, were passed, and a committee appointed to confer with the family as to whether a public funeral would be acceptable, as the Council were desirous of paying this tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased. After some consultation the proposition was accepted, and a funeral committee was immediately ap- pointed to make the necessary arrangements. The committee at once conferred with the presidents of the several national associations and other public bodies, all of whom promptly accepted the proposal. They sent invitations to the members of the Grovernment, who expres- sed their intention of being present. They also invited the members of the Senate and of the House of Commons, receiving favourable answers in all cases. And similar results were obtained from a conference with the proper 104 authorities in rererence to the voluntoers and the fire brigade. The undertaker's department Avas assii^ned to Mr. Swal- well, who carried out the intention of the Council in the most satisfactory manner. The funeral was arranged to take place yesterday at two o'clock. For an hour or two before that time the streets were thronued with people, busy in preparations to attend the mournful ceremonies. A larc^e number of the friends of the deceased visited the house to take a last look at the well known features, and presently the members of the City Council, with the offi- cials, arriA'ed in carriages and entered the house for the same friendly jiurpose. We also noticed Hir John A. Mac- donald, Sir George E. Cartier, Hon. Mr. Tilley, Hon. Mr. Macdougall, Hon. Mr. Rose, Hon. Mr. Kenny, Hon. Mr. Chapais, and we believe other ministers were present. We observed also, several deputy heads and clerks of depart- ments. The corpse was placed in a beautiful metallic coffin, having six silver handles, and a silver breast plate, inscribed — " Henry James Friel, Esq., Mayor of Ottawa, died 16th May, 1869, aged 45 years." Beneath this was a beautiful cross formed of immortelles, and a bouquet of flowers. At two o'clock the face cover was j)laced on the coffin, and shortly after, the coffin was removed to the funeral car waiting to receive it. The signal men of the Ottawa Field Battery communicated the fact, and the first minute gun was fired, which was continued until the coffin was received in the Cathedral. The gun was also the signal for the funeral cortege to move. The following is the order of the proces- sion, marshalled by Mr. Thomas Langrell, as chief, assisted by six aids : — St. George's Society with Union Jack and Cross of St. George. Pupils of Ottawa College. St. Jean Baptiste Society with Tricolour. St. Andrew's Society with St. Andrew's Cross. Irish Protestant Benevolent Society with Union Jack. St. Joseph's Society with Tricolour. Medical attendants and profession. The Clergy. Undertaker. Band of Rifle Brigade. ill 105 Funeral our, riolily flrapofl, drawn by six liorHos, lod l.y six mlvanccil p?.!! bearers, furnislnMl from tho nationnl societies. Twolvo pall lioiirors, viz. : Josoph Atiinond, Esq., Aloxandt-r Workmiin, Es(|., Thomas Hanly, Esq., E. Mo(Jillivray, Es(j., .). M. Currior, Escj., M. 1'., .laimss Goodwin, Erth position in a disinterested and devoted manner, carini»-only lor the publie good. After recapitiilatincf Mr. Friel's services in a public capacity, his ability as a writer and an orator were ney' reviewed. In both capacities the highest praise was bestowed on him as one of the foremost in the country. His career was held up as an (»xample to young- men to imitate his industry and perseverance in the cultivation of the talents with which he had been gifted. The liev. gentleman closed his discourse with a touching re- ferences to the Christian example displayed in i\n\ last hours of the deceased, who when the dawn of the Sabbath morn was breaking, said to those around him, " it is growing dark," and gently passed from the darkness of this world to the eternal light of the everlasting Sabbath in Heaven. After the sermon the Pie Jesu, from Beethoven, wns sung, and afterwards the Inflamnialus cliorns and solo. This was followed by the Libera, a plain chant, sung by both choirs united. The Bishop assisted by the clergy, Monsei- gneur Laroc^ue, Bishop of St. Hyacinthe, also being present, performed the services for the dead in the most solemn manner. This concluded, tae cofHn was removed and borne from the church, the organ playing Smith's funeral march. The cathedral which had been entirely filled by people of all religious denominationr. now poured forth its vast multi-' tude to rejoin the procession which, in the same order as before, proceeded with slow and solemn step up Sussex-st. to Rideau, and up Eideau to the Roman Catholic Cemetery on Sandy Hill. AT THE GRAVE. The coffin was now brought from the funeral car to the family grave. Previous to being lowered to the last earthly- resting place the coffin was placed in another coffin covered with cloth, and that again in a shell. His Lordship the Bishop, assisted by the Rev. Father Dandurand, Vicar-G-e- neral ; Rev. Father Pallier, Parish Priest of St. Joseph's ; and the Rev. Father Collins, performed the last ceremonies in a voice tremulous with emotion. The vast crowd stood uncovered in almost breathless silence to catch every word till the last word was pronounced. And all that was moita!" 9^ 108 of him, who but a few days ago was th^ city s chief magis- trate, lay cold and lifeless in the grave, x.e discharged his duty to the city well when he was Imng, and the city has honoured him in his death, and thus honoured itself. We cannot conclude without expressing our satisfaction at the general compliance, on the part of tradesmen and slorekefiws with the request of the council that hey ^^^^^ close their places of business from two to five o clock. Not only was this cheerfully done, but many persons very fu y draped their houses in mourning, and the pubhc generally join us in thanking them for it.