New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-22
BENJAMIN WOOD.

"Fort Lafayette, or Love and Secession;
A Novel: BY Benjamin Wood" IL among the
unavoidable issues of tho New-York press
during the current year-sad Novel being an
;psidious defense Of the traitor Chyalry by
some literary hack who sold his pen TO Ben,
or borrowed the name Of our policy-shop
Member Of Congress to give a Fictitious motto.
riety to his wares. To show what noble souls
are ensbrined in the bosoms of slayehodng
traitors aud what mean gizzards are worn in
place Of souls by Yankees, is the drift of this
novel, with the parrot-cry, 90 You can't sublu-
gate the South" for its keynote. 1t is a
book that would DO widely purchased, though
slightly read, in Rebellion, were that inter
estng country now subject to intellectual sen.
sations.
Mr. Wood is now q candidate for reelection
to Congress, not merely by nomination from the
Sham Democracy of his district but by con-
tract with Mozart Hall to which Tammauy
Hall il q party. He is thus the candidate Of
the entire Seymour party Of this city. That
party prctnds TO be in favor Of vigorous
prosecution of the War for the Union until
the Rebel, shall lay down their arms and re-
sumo the fullllment of their repudiated con-
stitutlonal obligations. But Mr.. Wood has
never yet pretended to unite in this profession
On the contrary he will be found to have
voted ssainst or lodged every bill that has
been submitted to the House intended to
strengthen the arm that strikes for the vndi-
cation of constitutional authority aud National
integrity. Throughout the two last eyentful
sessions Of Congress, we can remember no
single instance IN which he voted for bill
that JEFF. Davis would have. wished defeated,
or failed to support any proposition that JEFF.
would have wished to see succeed.
On the 10th Of May last Mr.. Wood OBJ.
tanned leave TO print in The Congressional
GioJe a speech which he had doubtless hired
some Scccssionist to write. That speech was
printed with admiration in the leading Rebel
journals, and glorified in The London Times.
The partisans of the Rebellion on either CONT
nent universally exulted over it. Here is a
specimen Of that widely circulated and much
sr tLi, 4. only a symbol Of wis, must inevitably be-
should the South be crU'sd into the Union You may bring
the South 10 term, with your bayones but when you bac
done So you will have made bond Of air who,e
seal will be military despot'm; and % brsak az the frn
eTIorfsaify VI be anda rsrpo's hs part Of fhe
,1b9pei section What they have attempted once they oil
Jsh O. aempf when .mssting under tho
bIanee Of defeat when chsr hing the deadly hse which
10 tue utieImcU will sngendef.'
The whole of this speech is in this VEIN
TRADE against the War for the Union. aud
an attempt to show that ii cannot succeed, and
should not if il could. And every vote, every
act Of Bens that We can recollect, las been
in strict conformity with this assumption.
Yet he is to have BY contract the Seymour
vote OF the great commercial district of our
city, aud his mopcy is to be used to get votes
for Seymour in return. And the vile sheet
which the Seymourites Of our city have re.
Gently hired or bought TO do their dirty work
will continue brazcnly to assure its readers
that this is all right-that to support Seymour
ans Wood is the way TO insure vigorous
prosecution Of the War
Patriots Union men can you DO SO grossly
deceived Arouse unite organize put forth
your strongest man, aud resolve that Wood 81
Co. shall be beaten
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