...this, 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...

...this, 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...

...department 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...

...the Mississippi, and had sent that despatch which thrilled the patriotic heart of the nation, — " If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot" Government determined to make an effort to relieve our garrison. For this purpose, " The Star of the...

...Rebels fired also 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...

...Rebels fired also 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...

...Treasury in 1861. The message that had a genuine ring to it and caused immense enthusiasm read like this: "If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." He was born for command. finally becoming a Major-General. The Military Academy was established in...

...patriotism as by our action we echoed back the glorious message of our orator — the immortal Dix — " If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." [Applause, and cries of "Good," " Good."] And, friends, great as have been the honors of the President...

...capable of self-government. While time lasts, the stirring words of John A. Dix will, ringing, sound : "If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." Towering high among the champions of human freedom was one lowly born, destitute of the means to secure...

...roll away ; how he would, by a stroke of his pen, thrill the hearts of twenty million people: — " If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him OH the spot!" As little did the people know that the eldest son of Nathaniel Greene, Esq., one of the...