The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-07-24

uTWe give The following extract from the
Aurora place IN our columns, and take occa-
sion TO say that we believe no one Is more per
feclly aware of the great sacrifice he has per
mitted TO be made in The removal oil Paul H.
George from the place of Naval St0reketper a
Brooklyn, than the President himself Mr.
George was appointed 10 office by the President,
and since his appointment has conducted nm
self faithfully and as true friend. But me
President could not permit his personal feelings
and the value he placed upon MIR. George
Friendship, 10 stand in The way OF public duty
The removal of the Frauklin "a, was matter
ma urely, and almost painfully considered by
Mr.. Upshur, the Secretary OF the Navy
He felt that, TO send her 10 Boston, was
well calculated to excite much dissatis-
fac lion with the mechanics Of New DIRK
But what was he TO doc II was im-
possible Tor him TO do otherwise with becom-
ing gard to the obligations Of pub duty.
Mr. George, considering the station which he
held und the Secretary, and in close conneX-
ion with the Navy, strangely forgot himself
when he not only consented TO address meet
ing upon the subject at all, but, guilty OF an ACT
Of direct insubordinaton TO the Department, he
undertook 10 decide the whole question for the
Secretary, and proclaimed in a public speech,
that the workmen had not only right to re.
quest but to demand that the f anklin should be
repaired at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
If Mr.. George were tolerated in pursuing this
course, then may every officer Of the Navy iol-
low his example. All subordnation is lost, and
the Navy Department would be perpeiually
waned upon by its members. Motives OF prl-
vate regard and confidence could not be per
mitted To weigh III such case, and so the re-
moval has been made, not from want Of conf
dence in Mr.. George as a friend, but from a
strong sense of public duty.
Paul r. GEORGE 1t is true that this gentleman
has been removed from the Office Of Naval Store
keeper Brooklyn, and Tuns era en-, who has here
ofore held the place for than twenty years.
appointed. Every has his enemies, AID to our
mind man is worth much politically, who has not
his calumniators. The immediate cause of the re-
movul of Capt George the stand he took against
the order of the Navy Department ordering the
ship Franklin to be removed to Boston for repairs.
At meeting of the mechanics and workngmen OF
Brooklyn to demonstrate against the removal Of that
ship, Capt. George made able bold, and eloquent
speech, calling upon the people to demand that the
order be countermanded This speech gave offence
to Mr.. Secretary Upshur, who, upon that ground
alone, has removed him. The announcement of this
removal fell like lhunderbot upon the friends OF
the Administration in this city, among whom Capt.
George las ever stood foremost-one Of its most dc
voted able, pcrseyerng, and hard-woIking advocates
The President never had truer or more sincere
friend than Paul r. George; and his removal appears
to 10 In Tyl ltpg
foes the Courier and Enquirer, the Express, Com
mercial and American, gloating over il with an appa-
rent excess of joy, and every decided enemy Of the
Administration growing over IL with an air of tri.
umph. What our friends in Washington expect to
realize from this movement We are at loss 10 con-