The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-09-18
The New York Daily News

INV wv" SOhhDuIiy NOWo
From the subjoined article to the pub.
lie it will be seen, we have no doubt with
universal regret, that the Hon. Benz.
Wood has sold out his interest in the
New York Daily NSws.
Ifthere is one person in the. North
ern States who has been an able and
consistent friend Of the South through
her troubles and trials, that man Is Ger.
tainly Benz. Wood. AS a member OF
the United States Congress during the
war, he was one of the few brave and
courageous friends of our section; and,
as the editor of the Ne,os, he was almost
alone in the North the consistent cham.
pion Of State Rights and State Sover.
eighty.
He purchased the Daily News in
1850, and immediately gave to its col
umns the sober and brilliant reflections
Of his mind. He denounced the war
Eweged by the North es merciless and
fdespotic, and. through his persistent de.
nunciation of Mr.. Linc6ln's Administra.
ton, his Office was closed for eighteen
months. When he resumed the publ
cation of his journal not one concession
did he make to arbitrary power, but
again he denounced the Northern policy
wth'even MORE vigor than previously.
And to- the time he sold his paper it was
always dignifed, manly and outspoken.
Fraud, corruption and their necessary
attendants were always exposed; and it
is, perhaps, the sole paper in the North.
ern States that has heen perfectly. con-
sistent during the late and present tin
happy condition of the country.
We trust that Mr.. Wood will find in
the retirement he now seeks that happi.
ness and consolation which is awarded
only to consistent. and honorable mon
when they leave the turmoils ahd an
noyanees Of business for the sweet enjoy:
ment ofprivate ease and leisure. We
can promise him the gratitude Of the
Southern peoyle and if in some other
public sphere he should come upon the
boards, we. can assure him that he will
have their entire support.
1. To the Ne,Os, under its new managers,
we extend cordial greeting, and trust
that its record hereafter will be as un
epotted as ithas been heretofore.
70 THE PUBLIC.
Ny connection with the New York
Nsws, as editor and proprietor. ceases to
day. My mission as journalist is at
an end, and tits with sincere. regretthat
Iabandoh q sphere that with all its.
anxieties aud responsibilities, has still
afforded me an. opportunity TO serve my
country according to my convictions Of
the right
Ibid farewell to a public that has
generously responded to my efforts with
q full share of los patronage and conf.
dence. 1t Is not without, an honest
pride in haying discharged to the best Of
my ability, the duties imposed npon ME
in the vocation that I now relinqulsh,
shat J tfsnsfefythose obligations to other
hands. i assumed the charge ofthe New
sYork Net6s at a period when the ele.
,ments of convnlsion had broken loose
from all restraining influences, and it
became the solemn dltyaf every citizen
to'determine, in obedience to the. die.
tates Of his own conscience. what posi-
tion he would take in regard to the po.
litical differences that tsreatened the
peace Of the Republic. I took my posi-
tion and mtalntained il so'ethe end. ~
have no enemies so much my enemies
as TO assert that lave ever faltered OF