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never failed him, and which is worthy of

emulation.
Resolved, That while We DO not present
Mr; stephens as infalible, we do point
,with sincere pride to the any.sided intel.
ieet OF this remarkable man, TO his vast
and various requirements, all disciplined
70 usefulness by the supports Of practical
wisdom and sanctiied by the virtues of an
every day Christian life; to his pre-emi.
hence everywhere in speculative as well as
practical lille, at the bar on the hustings,
IN craftsmanship and on the wider neld of
letters, rendering him q match for the
,nishuest anu most accomplished of men.
His fame will take care ofl
itself. He built his own monument in the
heart OF every Georgian, and his name will
pe canonlzed on the hearthstone of every
house in the state.
In presenting the resolutions, General
Gosdon spoke in terms of praise Of the life
oil stephens.
General Toombs, ascending the stand
almost broke down with emotion. He smoke
Tor nearly an hour on the life of STEPHENS.
IN the course OF the eulogy, he said
stephens would have deserved all honor If
ne had done no act in his life except to ad.
voeaie the principles of state rights, which
ne had always held TO. Crowds continued
TO arrive during the day until fully 5OOOO
people were i'll the city. Such crowds were
never seen in Atlanta before. With the
population of Atlanta out, there must have
peen over IoN0 people on the streets. The
funeral services in the afternoon were con.
Quoted by Rev. John Jones. Or. Talmage
made the closing prayer. The funeral pro.
cesslon was mile and half long, Tonight
visiting citizens and the military are re-
turning home.
Hot Shot,
NEW YORK, March S.-The executive
committee of the National Civil Service
Reform league, George William Curtis,
president, after expressing ito high sense of
the signal ability, fidelity and success with
which, by general consent, Silas w, Burt
has discharged the duties of naval officer of
the port of New York, adopted the follow.
| ing:
Resolved, That the removal of
such an officer. effected by his
nomination to another position, al
though involving on his part
great ana unnecessary personal sacrifice,
might have been regarded AS intended TO
promote reform, had he been replaced by a
successor equally interested and Jealous in
reformed system, but the substitution for
the late naval officer of gentleman with.
out experience in the duties of the office
and unirlendly to reform, at time when
absolute hdelity to its principles in this
leading office is of the utmost importance
10 the success OF the system, not only in
New York, but in the whole country, for
bids that view; and Mr.. Burk's acceptance
OF the nomination offered him would have
produced the false impression that he held
his removal and the appointment in his
place OF an opponent of the new system az
being In accordance with the
principles Of reform, we, there.
fore, regard his removal, however
ingennously devised, as a serious blow at
reform in its strongest hold, as a grave
embarrassment Of the work of he civil ser.
vice commission, and the violation of those
sound principles of administration, which
the country has approved, which the pres.
dent has commended in two messages To
congress, and which congress has enacted
| In to law.
Resolved, That while the nomination of a
member OF the civil service commission in.
dlcates the regard for public sentiment
which demands reform, the removal OF
Burt with certain other removals and ap-
pointments shows that the course of the
administration upon this subject is doubt
tul and uncertain, and not based
upon the fundamental principles OF
the reformed system, namely, that
appointve offices are public trusts in which
proved capacity ANA fitness should be
regarded unless public welfare without re.
gard to supposed personal partisan or fac.
tional interest, requires change.
RESOLVED, That in view OF the action of
the administration in regard to the naval
Office of New York, ana of difficulties of
many kinds which viii embarrass
thework of the civil service commission, we
earnestly recommend TO every association
oomposing the national league not to elax
In its diligence in exposing the abuses and
evils which il is the object OF the commits.
sion to correct, in insisting that the late law
to promote reiorm-passed in obedience
to public sentiment-shall be enforced
according to its spirit and
purpose, no less than in its letter, and in
demanding the repeating of the act OF 1890,
limiting the terms Of important offices to
four years, which, by periodically vacating
all such Offices, enable mere partisan objects
to be accomplished without the odium Of
arbitrary and causeless removal,