 | James Parton - African Americans - 1864 - 654 pages
...dishonor. One order was given which did not disgrace the government from which it issued. " IF ANT ONE ATTEMPTS TO HAUL DOWN THE AMERICAN FLAG SHOOT HIM ON THE SPOT 1" " When I read it," wrote General Butler to General Dix long after, "my heart bounded with joy. It... | |
 | James Parton - African Americans - 1864 - 670 pages
...dishonor. One order was given which did not disgrace the government from which it issued. " IF ANT ONE ATTEMPTS TO HAUL DOWN THE AMERICAN FLAG SHOOT HIM ON THE SPOT !" " When I read it," wrote General Butler to General Dix long after, "my heart bounded with joy. It... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 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,... | |
 | Education - 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 —... | |
 | George Augustus Sala - History - 1865 - 444 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... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 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... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 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... | |
 | Ransom Hooker Gillet - United States - 1868 - 500 pages
...that his strong TJnion feeling was developed. It was here he made the celebrated order, " If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot," an order designed to protect the Stars and Stripes on board of the revenue cutters, which were under... | |
 | United States - 1868 - 422 pages
...Mississippi, withdraws from the US Senate. " 29. Secretary Dix's despatch to New Orleans, " If any ouo attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." Feb. 1. Texas Ordinance of Secession passed. " 9. Jefferson Davis and AH Stephens elected President... | |
 | Stephen Powers - California - 1871 - 378 pages
...the Northern, and then came a wild cry for "blood-letting." The great word was spoken: "If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot!" Maryland "had no quarrel with the Union," and then there came from the North a fierce cry, " Through... | |
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