...cutter, Lieutenant Caldwell is to consider him as a mutineer, and treat him accordingly. If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. JOHN A. Dix, Secretary of the Treasury. The assault upon Fort Sumter had, doubtless, been ordered by...

...John Quincy Adams A star for every State, and a State for every star. Robert C. Winlhrop If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. John A. Dix Ye sons of Columbia ! who bravery have fought For those rights which, unstained, from your...

...cutter, Lieutenant Caldwell is to consider him as a mutineer, and treat him accordingly. If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. JOHN A. Dix, Secretary of the Treasury. The assault upon Fort Suinter had, doubtless, been ordered...

...through rich old Boscawen, the birthplace of Senator Fessenden, and of Gen. Dix, whose " If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot " is among the watchwords of our national history. Not far from the manufacturing-village of Franklin,...

...regret only that I have but one life to give for my country." " Don't give up the ship." " If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." " Let me die in my old American uniform, in which I fought my battles. God forgive me for having put...

...of Beaconsfield) : Speech, March 18, 1862. House of Commons. International Maritime Law. If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. 3967 John A. Dix : Telegram from Washington, Jan. 29, 1861, ordering the arrest, at New Orleans, of...

...of the Solar System. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 1809AN OFFICIAL TELEGRAM. 29 JANUARY, 1861. If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. JOHN ADAMS Dix. 1798-1879. "CONTRABANDS," AT FORTRESS MONROE, VA., 24 MAY, 1861. To the Confederate...

...through rich old Boscawen, the birthplace of Senator Fessenden, and of Gen. Dix, whose " If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot " is among the watchwords of our national history. Not far from the manufacturing-village of Franklin,...

...was ordered placed under arrest, and Secretary Dix telegraphed the now famous command, "If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." CAMP MEADE Camp Meade was built for the National Army forces drafted from eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland,...

...an official dispatch to the Treasury Officer in New Orleans in 1861, John Adams Dix said : If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. I do not think we need to go that far, but we must not let anyone who would harm our flag go scott...