New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-18
MIR. WOOD IN A PBEDICAmENT.
Mr.. Fernando Wood sends US the following

note:
To TIE Editor Of The ~ Y. T,i6rn'
SIR: II is not truc as stated by you today, that
said In speech delivered by at Stanford that wero
elected Governor Of Connecticut! not man should DO forced
from the Stat. By th. &C. Of COnscrip0a without walking
over ny dead body"
raid nothing Of the kind anything Ike Il with re'oF
ence TO the Con.cripon act, did peak strongly as to
arbitrary arrests
Nor {. 4, true that ever FOR Superintendent Kennedy
10 protect me from violence This past Of your article 10
equally sroundess with tho above
n,,,s n 1893 FERNANDO WOOD
Mr.. Wood addressed a meeting at Stamford,
Conn, on Tue.day, the 10th lust, aud was
reported, the next mornings in The N. u
Times as having said:
Tho w,r Wa, unc,ed fer He had given freely Of his
wa. Tor peace lie declared the SC,
u,ona sld be elected Governor Of Conueccui no!
man should be f5rred The State BY TIA at oifaouf
1iksg d,1d booV5 aud ho satish"d thai sey
aoaT their CANDIDATE shi' same view. lie con
he aid ,ha the 2,h day OF December asst Jroposiioi'
srmee were lea 10 The hand, Of INC rts'
dent, which bad they been adopted would have .eei UNI.
mater by tho lat Of April amAby endo the OF
he people both North aid south or that matter he was ..
withhold RON the pub until such time be could MAKE
then kn,wn wi,hoI, violating hi' honor.
The Post Of that day quoted this passage,
and called for Information az to these alleged
propositions for peace which Mr. Wood said had
been left in the hands Of the President Dir.
Wood reiterated his assertion in note to The
Post tho next day. declaring his personal
knowledge of tho facts, and that he was con-
strained from the publicity of them only BY the
request Of one Of the principal officers OF the
%, La
being incorrectly reported in any portion OF
the passage quoted, the natural Inference was,
that he was correctly reported in the whole.
Indeed. his denial now amounts only to this
that he said 4" nothing Of the kind, or anything
like it, in regard 10 the Conscription act; "
though he did "spcak strongly as to arbitrary
arrests" If Mr.. Wood proposes to interpose
his " dead body" in the way of the execution
Of the law, il does not much matter, so far as
the spirit BY which he 10 moved is concerned,
what law it is.
AZ 10 tho other little incident Of history, re-
ferred to by US merely to quiet any fears that
might be excited in the community Leaf Mr..
Wood should be about 10 offer iorcible resist
ance to tho laws even TO tie death, We
have only to repeat, on authority not to be
questioned, that the Superintendent Of Police
was, on tho night of the DAY referred to, in
Mr.. Woods house, and that il was understood,
from the Superintendent himself, on the day
following, when the contemplated visitation was
spoken Of, that be wa, there to protect the
e1.Msyor. But does Mr.. Wood mean the
public to understand By the denial of this
statement that no has the courage to resist the
awsl This is tho only important point at
issue, and our purpose was to show that,
however truculent his talk might be. when the
time came for show of yalor, he would
wisely listen to the voice Of discretion aud seek
the protection Of the laws he had proposed to
defy. Are We mistaken Must We really con.
template the possibility OF 80 painful spec
tacle as bis dead body thrown in the way
Of the execution of tho laws