The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-09
Brass coming to the Surface.


It is as amusing as it is disgusting to find
those men who for four years have been in the
North only the bits Of waste paper strung up
on the bob 10 JEFF. Davis kite, now that the
rebellion is crushed and their occupation as
the prophets ard echoes of treason is gone,
ready to expound the policy of President J ohn
son, to reveal the secret workings of his viii,
and to make known to an expectant and wait
ing public all the thoughts, imaginings and
impressions that affect the minds and hearts
of the men in power at Washington. saft
There is one of these fellows who formerly
wrote for the AdUertiser over the signature
of "Dion"-the same who has written for the
World as "Druid," and was at one time pro
vided with lodgings and meals, at Govern
ment expense, m one of the well guarded ma
tional boarding-houses. Before the sudden
collapse OF the rebellion he suddenly subsidized
or, in the language of the street, "dried upp
and he has since kept as close as an oyster, no
sound or sign revealing his whereabouts.
Yesterday, however, he reappeared, and in
acolumn Of yapid rhetoric discusses the poll
cy of the Government, decides the result of
JEFF. Davis trial, denies the right of the Gov.
eminent to punish such "Christian gentle
man." denounces the llliberality Of Baltimore,
which has purged the jury lists of all disloy-
al persons, and exults that In Washington
things are different, and that there are hun
dreds Of men there who would never find JEFF.
Davis guilty. Chief Justice Chase. he init
mates, will not ignore "those plain legal prin-
ciples on the subject of treason which have re-.
Gently been SO ably elucidated Ia the Adoer
tiser." We trust the Chief Justice NAV be
kindly furnished with the full files of the Id
Uertiser, SO that its great legal lore may be at
hand to quicken his thoughts, to clear his
head and to strengthen his purposes. 1t would
be pity indeed to have Davis convicted and
hung through the ignorance of the Chief JUS
Of "those plain legal principles"
In the World, within few days, this Dion
alias Druid has appeared, and in long article
goes even more infinitely into the privacy of
President Johnson's policy and purposes than
in the Adperttse'', whefeupon the editor Of the
Boston Transcript says: 81
The inevitable and irrepressible Druid has
turned up agaiE. His services were wanted bv
the New York World when the policy of that
journal was to bolster up the falling fortunes
OF the rebels, and keep up the impression that
Jel, DAVIS was firmly seated in his usurpation
ana Robert e. Lee worker Of military mira
cies. With the surrender of the latter, "Dru-
"a packed downand retired from priat. Since
the former played the part OF a poltroon n
pettlcoats, "Druidn has not been heard from
until yesterday. He has, it seems, been suns
moned to resume his Occupation" and writes
from Baltimore as one in possession OF The in.
nermost secrets of the Presidential breast.
he Is at home among the hidden things. The
unborn events Of the future in Washington. 81
ne formerly was among those Of Richmond
Not q BIT OF the Executives thinking, present
ieeifng ana Intentions are hidden from his
clalryoyance. He reads the brain, heart and
VIII OF Andrew johnson like a book. sThoea
familiar with his former veracious prefirtiuns
VIII De glad to know that In resuming yaticin-
alton, ne prophesies shat the President means
70 eat all his own words, break all his own
promises to all his loyal couptrvmen. bIack
and white, mildly reprove treason. be abound-
ing In gracious clemency, and devote fhe an
TIRE energies Of his soul to conciIiate the ram
pant conspirators Of the South with sweete st
niArney, ana breaking down all the radicalism
That so madly and ferociouslv demands that
traitors should not be trusted with the mower
10 repeat treason, nor be allowed to ritIdulee
agaln IN their pleasant projects OF dismembar
republic - fN4ss - 'a4e
Druias coming once more to Judgment is
nopeiui sign. His epistles are instructive
wnen read backwards. Ethiopian or Caucas
ian, ne AT least has not shed his skin:
aug the inference from his Temperance is
,a,r one, mat nls Copperhead patrons have not