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Gan Age ofLiecnse".

trOH tne NaSllVliic tanner.
The Cincinnati Commercial, in q sa.
tirical article on the ''age Of license
culls "some of the la est and sweetest
things in journalism from the New
York papers. 1t had not seen the last
issue OF Brownlow's Knoxville Whig,
when it prepared its illustrations of a
licentious press, or if it had, must have
considered the material therein furnish
ed beyond the hope Of satire and out
Of the province Of decent criticism.
Not that there is anything very start
ling in the Issue referred to-, which is
characteristic simply. But when we
consider that the writer is a Parson,
nay, a Governor, and, as he tells us
himself, a ~"candidatc for reelection"
10 say nothing ofhis many other titles,
such rs ''Commander-in in Chief" ct
cetera, one is disposed to look for a
quality somewhat assimiiatcd to the
great place and pretensions of even so
little a person.
But Brownlow is Of another opinion.
He is resolved not to lose his identity.
and scattcrs his filth with the careless
ness and ease ola veteran street sweep
or. Neither his own station, nor the
station Of any II else, is proofagainst
his disgusting propensity to dabble in
dirt. lie furnishes up all his old
cpitllets and brings them out with fresh
sIlamclessncss. Liar" and "scound-
rel and "yiliain," and "poltroon,'
and "soullion,' and ~"seavengcr,'
and "hcll-llound,' adjcctives that be-
long to the Brownlow lexicon, are not
to be laid OF the shelf as out of date or
unfit for use. He speaks of Judge
Trigg, q United States District Judge,
as n whose glove of lying and
adaptation 70 scoundrelism,' is only
eqnaled by the infamy Of "this false
hood'--the "falsehood' being u mat.
ter offact, which has been proved over
and ovcr again. lie alludes to John
Williams, 81 n~eighbor, to whom he is
said to he under q heavy debt OF graft
tudc, in the most reckless manners;
and his entire editorial page is made up
Of scurrility on Col. John Baxter. The
animas of these assaults is very appar-
ent. Not content with q TRADE of
virulcnt, personal abuse, be breaks
forth with this scream ofimbccilc rage:
THE Governor takes tbs occasion to
him. (tiiat is Col. Baxter,) that
neither his ill-gotten gains, the zig
he carries, nor the malicious ut
terings Of his lying toayuc, have any
for him nor will they deter him
in showing up his treason, ~ialsehoods,
and general rascality. And ia turn, ifthe
vince under the lash, let him
seek satisfaction. The Governor claims
no protection because Of i'll health, age,
Or official position. And u q who is
worth pursuing for two whole years is
worth chastising, and thcpublic will so
decide"
Handsome language iora "parson,"
and a "GOrernur.' and q "Command-
erin chief, ct cctera," isn't it? Yet its
talks Of the violence cfrebels," !
complains OF the "!1Hlessncs5 OF the [
'cop.a,'' ani pleads the %"wanton {
,pirit of The traitorous and malignant
papers, and he tells Us that q
standing army is necessary 70 keep the .
,cace, which he is breaking every day .
y his example, and which lie proposes t
o break in the above by his own per-
'onal act. |
And this man-this capricious, I'M I
mnn-wrathfnl at faucied in. +.
uries-ungfateful for benefits-over- !
with excitemcnt-is held up to ,
Is by the Northern Radical press as a !
ype Of loyalty for our admiration and
Import, and we are told if we do not /
'ow down and worship him we shall be
ccountea rs traitora. If this be not y
n illustration of san age Of license i
there will the Commercial go to find it ? d