Litchfield enquirer., 1863-03-19
The Doom of Traitors.

The Doom of Traitors.
 < Whom the gods wish to destroy they 6rs. make mad" The Coppsrheads in the present campaign have shown such reckless disregard of ordinary prudence and dscencY as can only be ascribed to that insanity which prscedes u,tsr ruin.
 The prospects for the success of an anti-Ad- niaistration party in this State before the Con. vention,were good. Had . platform been made upou which all who were dissatisfied with Re publican rule might stand, consistently with loyalty and responsibility, and patriotic War Democrat nominated, his election was prol,- able.
 But the Hartford Regency. eI.ted with good omsps, resolved to have things all their own way. They pulled the aires with such effect shat loyal Democrats were almost excluded frcmthe Convention. The few tkat got in were 50 snubbcd and brow beaten that though they saw the party was being driven to it's ruin they were powerlcss to prevent. Eaton, who seems to think there is no limit to Yankee subssrvisncy, cracked the whip, and drove all before him to extremcst acts of fanaticism aud folly. At his dictation the Convention did things of which the bitterest opponent would not have believed them capable. They exci ted tho contempt ot law abiding citizens by attsring bloody threats. They drove away great numbers of men who held State aud Ma tional securities, by making direct issue for rpssdiation. They deaed the feelings of that larger class who have kindred and fsisnds in the army, by doneancing the war as . Awicksd crusade They insulted the common sense of the State by clamoring for q" Convention to restore the Union" with Rsbels who constantly and scornfully reject such ovsrturss. They aroused the indignant opposition Of every loyal heart by taking an attitude toward the National Government which is certainly traisorows.''
 We do .ay that their platform commits the party to treason, according to the Constitution de6hitioa of the word. :. Treason shall con. sist ia lsvyisg war against the United States or in adtsrisg to its ersmiss, giping them aid sr'ssa.tovf," Do not the Cspperheads adhere to our snsmiesi In all their resolutions and speeches thsrs is not one word of csneure for the rsbellious conspiracy of tho south, 10, one worl of loJalty pr sympathy for our Government Enssrs, denanciations and threats of resistance toward Union oficers but the sUftest and gsntlsst of talk toward President Davis aud our I Southern brethren r Morsorsr what one thing that they dared do to Aelp the Rebels. have they left uadonc ! What batter | aid and comfort could Jeif Ia sis ask Of his most devotsd xlhorent, than to fomsnt II the Norsh . factiol to condemn the var. dlscoursge snlistmsnts. cry down Nation al credit, md by opposisg the Government in every meas4fs, divids. diutract, and disbcarten ths people All thsss taipes hass the Cop psrasads daas, md yst wOss iley promise ts do. Nsithar ths mott charitable oupop.nt DOT tho blindest partisan eaa shut ii. sv.. 3, to these explicit and epqhstic .h.e.t. to < K ,x sist IT Ftesident n his Ds,xs so pro,eo... N ss- pav' Whatp pow is wanting to the proof .f tssasoni Adhsrsacs aud eostors given in the past, md AczrAI AID pronisad in the future ],
 h view of theao iacts, ws adriseilv md Arnly say that ths attituds of the Copperhead. II syaitorpss. and Dnt it alnong the chief req. com vhy IT. - not sscDssd in loyal Con. noetleat ' esnaot ' shat any man who's fIisnd - hIsdss1 hpa soas out II peril of his m . saye tls eoupts, ,s;Il join crs~ of .rsi.. tsrx al oms labetine V dsetroy t | Il caa,I Sos v m le66tps hsssfs whe resp oysr1 p<s n!sds mn 2 sllss bsFsss Ei|l aisld .o|