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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—secession. (search)
imself in relation with him. The withdrawal from the Cabinet of those who favored slavery had left an open field to men attached to the Union, and one among them, Mr. Dix, Secretary of the Treasury, had even the courage, on being informed of the seizure of the mint in New Orleans, to reply by an order to shoot down on the spot the should touch the American flag. Unfortunately, there was nobody left in that great city who would dare to execute such instructions. The financial measures of Mr. Dix were more successful; it was easy to foresee large expenditures; the first issue of eight millions of dollars, part of the loan of twenty-five millions voted for s. Their motto was the support of the Union, pure and simple. On the 20th of April, when tidings of the Baltimore riots were received, the leaders of the party—Messrs. Dix, Baker, and others, who were to become distinguished in the war—held a massmeeting in New York for the purpose of asserting their fidelity to the Constitution,