Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1861-04-11

The sensation newspapers have been busy for
three or four dsys past in nagnifyins the pur-
po--. for which certain Navy nnd Array move.
gents ha,c bccu made. Complaint il mad,
that bloosly wsr - about to d. inau.,uratc,I. =
AMI tbs gloomicst sort OF pictures have bcrn
drawn a. To the consequences. For thrce months
past troops have been raised by the Cont,.l.r
ate States and all sorts of warlikr prrnat,.
tions made To break NJ the Union. and vet ma.
bo'ly complains bat whrn the Govcrnm-n, ot
the United Stat,,, orders y cannon TO lie rrn,oy
ell from one spot to another, or makes any army
or navy movement. horrors upon horrors are
funshadOw~l. aud the sensation vocabular, i.
eNhaus,ri O. tnl yords-or Indignation and II.
pruach
Tho Baltimore sun which for two months
past has eccn rrrnri'ns a.th great satisfaction
the Southern Aru, movements Is now shocked
n; the EXTENSIVE ~Nhibt Of activity in army
and navy Aisirs" hy tise Administration AT
Washington. ltcannot determine what sn,oun,
of Importance Ia attach to them and DECLARE,
that /" the thin, has all the appearance Of ina.
king war. anil assemblies more tie mod, of M.
ton under m absolute iyspotism l.,an such n.
we have been accustomed to IA the United
States"
IL expresses its Indignation iOrt.rr IN the fol.
lowing deprecat0ry terms
=" No one can doubt. that had nnr democratic
OF Wing President ever undertaken To adopt
such n course Of procedure. and tn have totally
Ignored the people and the co-oriinnt. branch
e. OF the government as th.s administration n,
doing, there would have bcen an outburs, of in.
dignahon from one extreme OF the country 20
tnr other but secrecy and an apparent lack
OF all sense OF responsibility seems To pr., all
Mt ashington. aud to such nm extent that W..
may bc involved IN \ foreign ar civil war with
out the slightest regard for the iutsrc.ts will
or cooperation Of the people"
Now would IL not have been we'll for thi, i'm.
partial journalist TO have informed it, reader,
by what authority Of Congress or people The
Southern despoasn has built up its army.
AMI now mrnn"'s the pace OF the country.
The SVa may probably find some relief in the
fact that the aetiNit, ia army and navy Attain,
has for IT, objcr, ,hc relief OF the froati.r. and
P-'"Pie OF Texas from the horrurs aud dcsoa a.
ton INTO which they have been plunged by the
treason OF Twiggs and his confc,lerates
IR Washington Star generally well po-te,b
SAYS:
sam Houston, who still protests AMI pro-
Grams ms rlshiiui authority a. Governor of Tex
rs has doubtless demanded Of the Government
Mt thus point the protection OF the peuplc of thosS
counties, from the lndians. The Government
here can lawfully recognize other state au-
tborIty IN Texas than has Tor that which set.
up the Pretense Of having violently drfose,i him.
- evidently the boldcst usurpatiOn OF "A hisera.
Die minority OF the people ofTcxss, conceivable "
IL the troops referred to have any other Dies.
tnh'ion than Texas. military men may well
wonder what use can he made Of horses and Nv
ing artillery, either at Fort Sumter or Fort
Pickens That the Administration keen. IL.
own eounsels' in matters of the sort i, ISither
unWise nor improper IL would not be likely 90
please the systematic