Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-16
The World and Henry Ward Beecher.
 The World of July 9th, saw fit to pub
for the Ex. Comm.

fish the following:--
 Two reports, which have probability from ,ono prevalence, and no contradiction received the nexf thing to confirmation yesterday morning at Ply mouth m Church. These reports are to the effect that Henry Ward Beecher not less potent in noIi tlcs than ln preaching, is opposed to Grant for President of the United States In the long pray CT the expectation of at least semi-politcal ser om mo. was excted by the pointed reference to the Democratic Convention Petition was made that harmony, reason, patriotism, progressive mind ana docile temper might influence the importanf Doay e 10 such ends as would rebound to the good of f .ne country ana to the extrpation of policy oi passion and of hate from the politics of the
 In the audience were several delegates to the convention, who were delighted with the thorough CTS views. N 0 e-
 This was more than Beecher flesh and blood could stand, and the brassy and yer satlle leader of Democratic journalism ex- perlences the following squelcher:''- To ute Editors of Hte Boston Daizy Advertiser: :
 left Brooklyn on Monday, July 6. but not be- fore the World had published that had. on Sun day morning, in political sermon, come out for I have seen the story every day since racing through the papers, There is not word of truth ln it.: The sermon not political and it made no aliuslon either to Grant or to Chase. The ap- oA ooiiAO oI lto paragraphs III 6lCn6f Ol- rectlon, was the work of the Reporter of the World not mine.
 have never been Chase man. I have for years, as leader in public affairs deemed him, like his greenbacks, promising more on the face than they are worth in gold. While the New York Independent was lauding him as a demigod, and the New York Tribune was using his name to obscure the prospects of Grant, I heartily and openly disagreed with both of them, for | thor oughly liked Grant and thorougly distrusted Chase. He is splendid man to look upon but a poor man to lean upon. Ambition lifts some men towards things noble and good makes them large and generous. Other mems ambition blurs the sharp lines and distinctions between right and wrong, and leaves them, in the eagerness of over- selfish desires to become a prey of bad men, I have for years felt that Mir. Chase's ambition was consuming the better elements of his nature.
 have liked Grant from the first. Solid unpre- tentious, straightforward, apt to succeed, and not spoiled by success wise in discerning men, skilful in using them, with the rare gift (which Washing ton had in an eminent degree) of wisdom in get ting wisdom from other mems counsels-I conf dently anticipate that, great as his military suc- cess has been, he will hereafter be known even more favorably for the wisdom of his civil admin istration.
 The seven-fold humiliations and recantations through which Chase was required to go for a Democratic nomination, only to see the smiling Seymour looking benignly down upon his lost es. tate, has TO parallel except in the immortal hsto- ry of Reineka Fuchs. There will now be no third candidate between Grant and Seymour. It will be a fair fight between rugged honesty and plausible craft. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
 Boston, July 8, 186s