...sent a telegram to the lieutenant, ordering the arrest of the captain and closing with the command, " If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." 9. Three States were admitted to the Union during the administration of Buchanan. Minnesota, admitted...

...aroused the North by sending his immortal despatch to the commander of a revenuecutter : "If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." This bespoke the heart of the patriot, loving his country's banner, and the arm of the hero, ready...

...thereupon telegraphed to the lieutenant to arrest the captain, closing his despatch with the words, "If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." On the outbreak of the war, Mr. Dix was appointed Major-General of the New York Militia, and in 1861...

...thereupon telegraphed to the lieutenant to arrest the captain, closing his despatch with the words, "If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." On the outbreak of the war, Mr. Dix was appointed Major-General of the New York Militia, and in 1861...

...thrilled as no other utterance which ever emanated from this departing administration : "If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." * Holt's transfer to the War Department being now fully established, Horatio King, of Maine, was made...

...walls of the Chamber, and on which shall be inscribed his patriotic and official order, " If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." This resolution was, on motion, referred to the Executive Committee for consideration. The order of...

...stroke of his pen, electrified and gave new life to the nation in inditing the despatch, " Whoever attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot," — John Adams Dix. But a few rods distant from the home of Mr. Dix was the birthplace of Wm. P. Fessenden,...

...this short and exciting period that he issued the most famous utterance of his life : " If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot! " It was more significant than anything DIX, JOHN A. else he ever said, and meant mach for the Union...

...treated as a mutineer if he offered any resistance, closing the dispatch with the words: " If an}' man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." In 1861, Dix was appointed maj.gen. of militia, and the same year maj.gen. of US volunteers. In 1862,...

...order on the eve of the civil war, Jan., 1861, to a Treasury official at New Orleans—" If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot"— is still quoted. April 28. At Washington, Rush Clark, Iowa Representative in Congress, aged 45. April...