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" If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. "
Young Folk's History of the War for the Union - Page 44
by John Denison Champlin - 1881 - 593 pages
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A Grammar School History of the United States: To which are Added the ...

John Jacob Anderson - United States - 1876 - 450 pages
...influence to restore a union of the two countries. Filled with indignation, Heed replied as above. "If anyone attempts to haul down, the American flag, shoot him on the spot." This was the closing part of a telegram sent from Washington to New Orleans (December, 18601, by General...
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Young Folk's History of the War for the Union

John Denison Champlin - United States - 1881 - 624 pages
...South to try to save the revenue cutters from being seized by the State authorities. Captain Breshwood, of the cutter Robert McClelland, then at New Orleans,...cutter, closing his despatch with these words: " If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." The secessionists in New Orleans...
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Here and There in New England and Canada: Illustrated

Moses Foster Sweetser - Canada - 1889 - 404 pages
...Next we pass 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,...
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Here and There in New England and Canada ...

Moses Foster Sweetser - Canada - 1889 - 400 pages
...Next we pass 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,...
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Southwestern New Hampshire

Moses Foster Sweetser - New Hampshire - 1891 - 62 pages
...Next we pass 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 manufacturingvillage of Franklin,...
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The Rand-McNally English Grammar and Composition

William D. Hall - English language - 1898 - 326 pages
...well ; it is divine to act well. 7. Laws are made to protect the innocent by punishing the guilty8. If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. — JOHN A. Dix. 9. They well deserve to have That know the strongest and surest way to get. — SHAKSPERE....
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Rand, McNally & Co.'s Pictorial Guide to Washington and Environs ...

Washington (D.C.) - 1900 - 226 pages
...the Treasury in 1861, sent to one of his special agents in Louisiana the famous order containing the words : "If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag shoot him on the spot," which so thrilled patriotic hearts. Here also are several busts of high artistic excellence, as well...
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Washington During War Time: A Series of Papers Showing the Military ...

Marcus Benjamin - Washington (D.C.) - 1902 - 246 pages
...command of the cutter, tell Lieutenant Caldwell to consider him as a mutineer, and treat him accordingly. If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. These memorable words written in Washington, will live so long as the Stars and Stripes continue to...
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Bugle Echoes: The Story of Illinois 47th...

Byron Cloyd Bryner - United States - 1905 - 320 pages
...had reported a demand for the surrender of certain revenue cutters, concluding with the soul-stirring words, "If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." March the 4th came and Lincoln was inaugurated at Washington. Imbecility and feebleness gave way to...
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A Conspectus of American Biography: Being an Analytical Summary of ..., Volume 1

United States - 1906 - 798 pages
...Caldwell to eonA CONSPECTUS OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. SHUT him as a mutineer and treat him accordingly. If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag shoot him on the spot. (After the war the authorship of this famous order, which led to the striking of the, Dix modal with...
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