New-York tribune., 1867-02-05
SECRET POLITICAL HISTORY.
Tile World has letter dated Washington

which says;
81 was much gratned with your review OF Mr. Gree
ycecr ds not know that it was base SANDER there
might be some excuse for IT, regret you did not carry
ds [Sssw for the course Of The News
during the Presidential camlsiign Doubtless, Mr. Gree
icy ley RrpScan ho ae Committee weekly toward tie sup
MORT of that sheet fe does know the fact he Is more
Of the m Tnsnd 70 be informed for the same
rem son his friend W. declined to read Gov Youngs let
elected eie and at ras Gl he might denyA in sPapcr
am orediby Informed. by one who in the ring,
that tina se Of s Re good evidence Of its truth
History will yet do justice TO the leading Democrats
who were made to bear the Odiu OF the course OF me
EeTs, tho Woods, yallandigham, Gen. Singleton, and
others of the same kidney Facts are already ieakn
minstratiop and worked at the chicago Convention to
render the resolutions as odous to the true Union men aS
The sooner the Democratic party spurn these men
from their ranks and break off affiliations with sew
ara the honest and trne men Of the country
am clear In my opinion that seTards Buia3 SPyood d
we're two OF the most prominent OF his defea
The Democratic element Of the Republican party c0%n QUIZ
moi reconcile themselves to seeming association WIN
them For poor Raymond nobody cares &c'' &c, &c
Comments by The Tribune.
We assure the writer of the above,
The World, the Democratic party, and man
kind in general, that we do not know " how
"much was paid by the Loyal League, or by
"the Republican State Committee, weekly" or
otherwise, toward the support Of the Hon.
Ben. Woods Daily News "during the Presl-
"dential campaign" or at any other time. IL
any one does know, we will thank him to out
with it. We did hear Of check or draft for
$4,000 in gold which Mr.. Wood received in
1864 from the Hon. Jacob Thompson (RebeD
l. l,,,1 oor1
pnblicans supplied Jake with the funds. Still,
there are so many dark holes and corners III
political management-so many wheels within
wheels-whereof we know nothing, and are
rather proud of our ignorance, that all this
might be, and we in blissful ignorance of the
whole matter We will thank any one who
does know to tell the public. all about it.
But we do not see how any thing that can
be said will help the Democratic party; since
it is impeached for us OWR acts, not Woods
The Daily Neus was well known to be- from
first to last, an organ Of deadly hostility to the
War for the Union and an unqualified cham
pon and mouth piece of the Southern Confed-
eracy. 1t violently opposed volunteering as
well as drafting to fill the ranks of the Union
armies, and in every way did its utmost to in
sure tnt triumph Oh StttSSioii. i''f III A'ii
view of all this, its editor and proprietor,
Benz Wood, was, in the middle of that War,
nominated, supported, and elected, on the same
ticket with Gov. Seymour, to represent the
lower part OF our City in Congress- of which
he was already member, and where he was
steadily voting and acting precisely as though
he had been sent thither by Jeffersons Davis
ms his attorney The Tammany branch Of the
Democracy talked of sustaining the war; yet
Wood was their nominee, and owed to them his
election. And, since the War was over, they
have chosen him to the State Senate, wherein
he now sits.
Now, then, supposng oil the sbOye farrago
about the Loyal League. Seward, Stanton,
II. W., Raymond. &c, &c, were true, how
would il help the Democratic partyf IL seems
TO us like trying TO help one who has been
proved knave by proving him fool as well.
Do let us hear how il bears on the Main Ques-
ton