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Abraham Lincoln, Complete Works (edited by John G. Nicolay and John Hay, New York, 1894), I, 6^j-66() pass h/i. 104 Question of Compromise [1861 67. '' If Any One Attempts to Haul down the American Flag" (1861) BY SECRETARY JOHN ADAMS DIX Dix began his career as a young army officer in the War of 1812. Later he entered politics and became a member of the Albany Regency. For four years he held a seat in the United States Senate as a Democrat. When Buchanan's cabinet broke up in January, 1 861, D...ix became secretary of the treasury as a Union Demo- crat, and he sent this memorable telegram for the benefit of the captain of a revenue cutter who refused to obey his orders. When the war broke out, Dix accepted a major-general's commission and did good service. — For Dix, see Morgan Dix, Memoirs of J. A. Dix. — Bibliography as in No. 63 above. Treasury Department, January 29, 1 861. TELL Lieutenant Caldwell to arrest Captain Breshwood, assume command of the cutter, and obey the order I gave through you.
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