The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-04-26
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shoot him on the spot"
Upon the accession Of Mr.. Lincoln 10 the
Presidency, Secretary Dix was succeeded in
the Treasury Department by Hon. Salmon
p. Chase, and, at the breaking out Of the
civil war, the ex-Secretary was appointed
Major General in the New York militia, and
on May 16, 1861, he was commissioned Ma
jor General u. s. Volunteers. Four days
afterward a mass meeting ofcitizens Of New
York was held in Union Square, at which
General Dix presided, TO express their de-
termination to uphold the authority Of the
Government. The meeting was opened with
prayer by the venerable DR.. Spear of the
Brick Church, after which General Dix made
an address, the closing sentence of which
created intense enthusiasm. He said "Let
us remember that nothing could be 50 dis
astrous, so humliating and so dsreputable
to us all as TO see the common Government
overthrown, or its legitimate authority sue
cessfully resisted. Let us then rally with
one heart to its support. believe it will
act with all the moderation and forebearance
consistent with the preservation ofthe great
interests confided to It.. There is no choice
left but to acqucse in its surrender TO revo-
lutionary leaders, or to give it the means it
needs for defense, for self preservation, and
for the assertion Of its authority, holding it
responsible for their legitimate Use. Fellow
citizens, we stand before the statue of the
Father of his country. The flag of the I'm
ion which floats over it hung above him
when he presided over the Convention by
which the Constitution was framed. The
great work Of his life has been rejected, and
the banner by which his labors were onse-
Grated has been trampled in the dust. If
the inanimate bronze in which the sculptor
has shaped his image could be changed to
the living form which led the armies of the
revolution to victory, he would command
us in the name Of the hosts ana patriots and
political martyrs who have gone before, to
sttike for the defense Of the Union and the
Constitution"
Soon after receiving his commission Cen
eral Dix was placed in the command of the
Department Of Maryland, with headquarters
at Baltimore. In June 1862 lac was trans
ferred to Fortres Monroe. 1t July 1868 he
was stationed in New York, and was militia
ry commander during the draft riots. He
commanded the department of the East dur
ing lS64-5. In September 1866 he was APP
pointed U. S. Minister to France, and held
the position until 1868, when he resigned
and returned to New York In 1872 he was
nominated by the republicans for Governor
of New York and elected by very large
majority. lie was renominated in 1874, but
was defeated by Mr.. Tilden, and since then
he has not held any prominent political pos
tion.
General Dix being in possession of an ann
pie estate, has always devoted much atten-
ton to literature and art. For some time
he conducted the Northcyh Liqht. a literary
journal published at Albany and he was
for many years one of the regents of the
University of the State of New York, pos
iticn which he resigned in 1878, owing to
advanced age and more pressing occupations.
He was the author of very fine translation
of the old Latin hymn, "Dies Irn," Gre
sources of the City Of New York" 1887 ODE
cisions of the Superintendent of Common
Schools of New York" 1887; A winter in
MADEIRA" 1851 "a summer in Spain and
Florence" 1855; and two volumes of
speeches" 1864, For several years past
he has been Registrar of the corporation of
Trinity church, Of which his son the Rev.
DR.. Morgan Dix is the rector, and in this
position has had charge of the vast real es-
tate and other temporal interests of that
wealthy corporation. lie was reelected to
the position of registrar at the Easter election
held last week.