Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-06-14
June II, 1855.
BILL NYE
Frites Letter a la BIdine.--A SdrcdS
tic Effort.

In an interview which have just had
with myself, I have positively stated, and
now repeal, that at neither the St. Louis
nor Chicago conventions VIII my name
be presented as a candidate.
But my health is bully.
We are on the threshold Of most bit
ter and acrimonious night. Great wisdom
and foresight are needed at this hour, and
the true patriot Will forget himself and
his own interests in his great yearning
for the good of his common country and
the success of his party. What we need
at this time is leader whose name will
not be presented to the convention but
whose health is good.
No one has fuller or better ooncep-
ton of the great duties of the hour than
I. How clearly to my mind are the du-
ties of the American citizen outlined to-
day. I have never seen with clearer,
keener vision the great needs Of my
country, and my pores have never been
more open. -Four years ago | was in
some doubt relative to certain important
questions which are now clearly and sat
isfactorily settled in my mind. | hest
tated then where now | am fully estab-
lished, and my tongue was coated in the
morning when l arose, whereas now l
bound lightly from bed, kick out a win
dow, climb to the roof by means Of The
ire-escape and there rehearse speeches
which | will make this fall in case it
should be discovered that my name alone
can heal the rupture in the party and
prevent its works from falling out.
think my voice is better also than it
was either four, eight, twelve or sixteen
years ago, and does not tire me so much
to think of things to say from the tail
cate of train as it did when | first be
gan to refrain from presenting my name
to conventions.
According to my notions, our candi-
date should be a plain man, a magnetic
but hairless patriot, who should be sud
denly thought of by a majority of the
convention and nominated by acclama
ton. He should not be a hide-bounC
politician, but on the contrary he should
be greatly startled while down in the Gel
lar sprouting potatoes, to learn that h
had been nominated. That's the kind o
man who always surprises everybody witt
his sagacity when an emergency arises.
In going down my cellar steps the com
! mittee will do we'll to avoid stepping ol
a large and yenomous dog who sleeps ol
the top stair Or will tie him in tn
barn if can be informed when ! am liza
bic to be startled
I have always thought that the neates
j method Of calling man 10 public 1T
wa. the one adopted some time since i
the case of Cincinnatus. He was on
day breaking q nervous pair Of red steer
T. in the north field. 1t was a hot day j
Z July, and he was trying to summer ia
5. low piece of ground where jimso
weeds grew six feet high. The plo'
would not scour, and the steers had turr
ed the yoke twice on him. Cincinnati
" had hung his toga on a tamaric pole
strike furrow by, and hadn't succeede
in getting the plow in more than twice
- going across. Dressing as he did in ii
Il Roman costume of 45S B. c., the b'acl
berry vines had scratched his massi'
ID legs till they were a sight to behold. i
had scourged Old Bright and twisted Il
tail Of Bolly till he was sick at hear
ie All through the long afternoon, wearir
hot, rusty helmet with rabbit skin ea
IS tabs, he had toilcd on, when suddenly
majority of the Roman voters climb;