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" If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. "
American History Told by Contemporaries - Page 192
edited by - 1901
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The American Annual Cyclopędia and Register of Important Events ...

1863 - 796 pages
...consider him as a mutineer, and treat him accordingly. If any one attempts to haul down the American nag, shoot him on the spot. JOHN A. DIX, Secretary of the Treasury. This despatch from Secretary Dix was not received. It probably was withheld from the agent. His further...
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Speeches and Occasional Addresses, Volume 2

John Adams Dix - 1864 - 478 pages
...and forwarded to the authorities of Louisiana, only reaching Mr. Jones through the newspapers : — TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 29, 1861. Tell Lieutenant...the spot. JOHN A. DIX, Secretary of the Treasury. WM. HEMPHILL JONES, New Orleans. The officers of the revenue service are placed by law under the direction...
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Speeches and Occasional Addresses, Volume 2

John Adams Dix - 1864 - 488 pages
...forwarded to the authorities of Louisiana, only reaching Mr. Jones through the newspapers : — TREASUR? DEPARTMENT, January 29, 1861. Tell Lieutenant Caldwell...• . JOHN A. DIX, • Secretary of the Treasury. WM. HEMPHILL JONES, New Orleans. The officers of the revenue service are placed by law under the direction...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 1

Horace Greeley - 1864 - 694 pages
...secure them, but he was too late. The telegraph dispatch whereby Gen. Dix directed him, " If any person attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot," sent an electric thrill through the loyal heart of the country. Finally, tidings reached Washington,...
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The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year

1864 - 794 pages
...consider him as a mutineer, and treat him accordingly. If any one attempts to haul down the American nag, shoot him on the spot. JOHN A. DIX, Secretary of the Treasury. TXIASURV DEPAKTJIETT, Jan. 29,1861. W. Hemphill Jonet, Nta Orltant : This despatch from Secretary Dix...
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My Diary in America in the Midst of War, Volume 1

George Augustus Sala - 1865 - 446 pages
...opposite the range of windows was a rudely-executed portrait of General Dix, with the legend, " Whoever attempts to haul down the American flag shoot him on the spot ! " This famous saying or telegram of General John A Dix has made him, next to General M'Clellan, the...
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The California Teacher: A Journal of School and Home Education and ..., Volume 2

1865 - 594 pages
...requested to repeat from the Bible a verse of his own selecting, promptly gave the following : "Any one who attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." So mote it be. BOOK NOTICES. — We have received several valuable works from the usual sources —...
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 750 pages
...notwithstanding that General Dix, Secretary of the Treasury, had issued an order,directing that "If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." No position of greater difficulty can be conceived, than that of President Lincoln, in the spring of...
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 748 pages
...notwithstanding that General Dix, Secretary of the Treasury, had issned an order,directing that "If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." No position of greater difficulty can be conceived, than that of President Lincoln, in the spring of...
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History of the American Civil War, Volume 2

John William Draper - 1867 - 568 pages
...Tell Lieutenant Caldwell to arrest Captain Breshwood, assume command of the cutter, and obey the order through you. If Captain Breshwood, after arrest, undertakes...the spot. "JOHN A. Dix, Secretary of the Treasury." It is needless to relate in detail the abortive attempts that were made to conciliate the South after...
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