Litchfield enquirer., 1864-06-16
The Carnival Of the Copperheads.

The Carnival of the Copperheads. And he saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold OCT the dead their carnival
 Byron So long as our County Regiment was detail ed to garrisonduty, and it's members, being 1 limited to the routine of camp life, were sub jected to few casualties except such as pertain to exposure to the elements, the Litchield County copperheads had rather dull time oi it. They could but brood and growl in seclu. sion over their wrongs. They could do little else than meet stealthily, in little squads, on dark corners and in by places, to lament over the grievances of their dear Southern brethren who, ground to the dust by the despotism of the mildest and most benefcent government on the face of the earth (which had given then, nothing but wealth, protection and freedom) were straIning every nerve, expending their last drop of blood and dying in all manner of last dltches to shake off the accursed yoke lhey-the Southern brethren-would not have God to rule over them and therefore tlev- the copperheads-resolved that their brethren didn't ought" to be so ruled All this made It very bad for the U. S. government and the eopperheads, knowing how miserable they made this government by their aforesaid mut- terlngs and growlings, merciessy kept up their silent warfare and gradually used up the Re public.
 Nevertheless, this was, On the whole, slow work and dull music And although now and then :he Union troops did meet with reverse, the copperheads couldn't make very much out of it, because it didn't last long enough, nor go far enough. What they wanted was some h'ng to gtoat ouer that was tangible, visible and near at hand. Tears that they could see, groans that they could hear, on the part of those immediately concerned in expressing their dear Southern brethren, were the articles that the copperheads most longed for. Even the long list of casualties in the troops. from our neighboring states, and in other regiments of our own State, which have so often darken. ed the columns of the newspapers, did not sat- isfy these amiable philanthropists. They wanted something nearer home. -.
 We'll; at last their fond hopes are beginning to be realized. The Second Regiment Heavy Artillery has been transferred from the garrison to the field. Its men have been brought into personal contact with the enemies of the Re. public. They have come into direct collision with the rebel hosts and, while showing them. selves equal in valor to any men who ever yielded weapon, they have paid the fearful price which men must pay who stand forth as the defenders of their Country. They went out from us strong in numbers, strong in ind'- vidual development, strong in the righteous hess of their cause: but they are now return. ing singly ill their collins, bringing indeed glorious record of their acts, but bringing also gloom, mourning and desolation to the homes and the community that shall know them no more. Is any heart untouched by the sad spectacle? :? Is any creature deserving the name ot 0 man insensible to this accumulation of woe?
 Walving an affirmative reply to such inuui- rles' it is safe to say that if there is any con. sistency in the Litchdeld County copperheads, they now are beginning to enjoy themselves. The good time, so long coming, for them has come. Their dear Southern brethren are par tially avenged. They-the Copperheads- "see it." And like the lean dogs beneath the wall,' Mey
 Hold OCT the dead their carnival!