National Republican., 1876-11-25
WILLIAN 2. WOOD.

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Elsewhere Will be found card from Mr..
VIM. P. Wood, which we print because
he claims that he is entitled 10 be heard in
his OWE behalf He takes exception to
one of our statements OF yesterday regard
ing his offers 20 sell or suppress the matter
for which Dana, according to his own as
sert:on, had offered him $1,000. BE also
asserts in his letter to Felker, printed yes
te-day, that he will suppress the matter,
and blow up the safe burglary bubble, ex-
onexating General Babcock, if General
Grant will appoint Felker Chief of the S.
S. division Of the United States Treasury,
although Dana is coaxing him for 1t with
the liberal offer of S., 900. Whatsr these
offers bat species of blackmail, of which he
stands seIf-confessedt
Mr. VIM. P. Wood, (we take his pa
renthetical allusion to our gentle breed
ing,) not the offensive and vulgar nick
rame Bill" will do well TO drop his
clustering and bullying style. which'is the
emaoation and 0utgrowih OF season OF
power over aad association with criminals,
and return to ''plain business" as he tod
Fe,ker was his wont He would do better,
too, if he would cease writing so much OF
himself Garruiity creeps upon HIN with
age, and if he was unable 10 fully establish
his character for honesty and fair dealing
in his long eriStle to Felkcr, which we
printed yesterday, it strikes us that he will
never be able to do il with his pen.
Its Unpleasant to be obliged to CONTRA
dict our elders, but 10 this instance must be
reiterated the statement that Mr.. Vim. z.
Wood not only attempted. both personally
and through others, 20 arrange for money
in the amounts stated, the suppression OF
matter which he averred would be highly
damaging to the Administration. or these
facts we have the proofs Furthermore he
made his boasts only few days since on the
street here in Washington TINT he would
have something out in the Sun on Thurs
Gay that would make people in high places
sick. The trouble with Mr.. VIM. P. Wood
is that he talks SO much and tells so many
people of his sharp doings and smart say
ings and his bold actions in troublous
times that his memory fails to keep the
record correctly, and he then goes and
rushes into print or manuscript and contra
diets himself and makes himself the laugh
ing-stock of his best friends. We sylnpa-
thize with Mr.. VIM. P. Wood, late chief of
the S. S. (aot Sunday SCHOOL, Division, for
it was not always thus with him. He has
doubtless been demoralized by his expe-
rience in the detective service Of the United
States and Of the Detective Press. "Put-
ting up Jobs" has become habit with him.
Prying into the affairs OF other people aud
making merchandise Of the information
thus gained is legitimate outgrowth OF
the detective service, and it is little wonder
if his long service at the "Old Capitol"
when the Ishmaelitc was Assistant Secre-
tary of War and his experience in laying
traps for counterfeitcrs while chief
OF the IS. S. Div" superadded to his
arduous labOrs since on the IShmlelitish
Detective press should have made black
mailing practices so much OF second na-
ture to him that he is really unable to
discriminate between ii and legitimate,
high-toned, ge1tlemauly business transac-
ton. Il will be seen that his associations
have been bad indeed, very bad; they
could hardly have bee1 woTse-and as The
continual dropping Of water will wear a
stone, so the constant evil associations OF
a man, such as Wm. L. Wood has been the
victim OF for yeaIs past, will surely under
mine and render dcective his keen moral
perceptions and his high regard for truth and
virtue. Ouly think Of it. For some years
obliged by duty to consOrt with rebels,
traitors and spies: next to deal with dcspc-
rate ccuuterIciters. who rarely stop at as
sassination or murder to escape detection,
and lastly, to CLEAN from cutters and slums
Of all sorts such filthy slaudcrs Of reputable
citizens IS would satisfy the tlste aud suit
the trade of the infamous Dana-whose
terms Of payment are, ''the greater the
siander the higher the reward Nj. VIM.
F. Wood cannot be expected to continue
the possessor of very clear notions OF what
pertains to virtue, morality and truth.
Il is not strange, therefore, that he should
be no 'admirer Of that General BIbcock'
Cwho he declared it in his power TO Vindi-
cate) and ''men of his ilk, who associate
lecture that there would be no congeniality
between them. Mr.. VIM. p. Wood would
doubtless feel 'likc a cat in a strange gar
ret" in such company-infnitely smaller
than he did when he last saw the President
Through the door of his room" at the
Executive Mansion and was refused an in
teryiew, as he relates in his remarkable let
ter to Felker, which We printed exclusively
yesterday, and 10 which we now beg again
to refer our readers for pen-portrait of
Mr.. Wm. z. Wood, as drawn by himself.
We are free to acknowledge our inability
to improve upon the work Of that eminent
artist. We will simply add, for the salts
faction of Mr. Wm. p Wool, his friends
and Our readers, that the Wood-Felker let
ter wac as genuine as a superior photo
graphic copy of the original could be, and
that it is open to inspection free OF charge.
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