Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-13
Negro Equality.


We have always regarded the Demo
cratic fears of negro equality as not
without foundation. We often see items
indicating that the DRIFT sets that way.
AT our last MayoraIty electiou several
good and influential Democrats brought
out q negro for Mayor, in opposition to
the present incumbent, and cast for
him several votes We learn from the
following card that the Democracy of
Madison, Wisconsin,, have been doing
the same thing. It 10 not astonishing
that Democratic girls should inscribe
upon their party chariots, White Hus-
bands or none," Fathers, protect us
from Negro Equality" when their
fathers, husbands, and brothers are
voting for negroes for offices of honor
and trust The card we print was pub
lished in the Madison Journal, April 4,
1866, and is as follows:
EsYdAoARD FROM Mr. WIN. Il holland
As / understand that tickets are being
printed and circulated to-day, bearing
my name as candidate for Mayor, /
deem it necessary to make the following
statement: ,sr M
Yesterday afternoon, at about three
o'clock, as Twas passing the corner at
the Bank of Madison large crowd of
persons assembled there accosted me,
and began telling me that ! must be q
candidate for Mayor. Some of them
said that Mr.. Hyer, editor of the Demo~
crat, wished to see me, and that must
go with them to his Office. They took
| hold Of me, and insisted that should go.
Surprising they were only intending q
little fun, / thought the easiest way
would be to comply. Accordingly,
went with dozen of them to the Demo.
crat Office. Hk
MIR. Hyer received me very cordially,
saying that be Was anxious that I should
be an Independent candidate for Mayor.
said / supposed that they wished to
have little fun at my expense. He in
sisted that he was IN earnest, however,
and that they wished to have me be q
| candidate. Mr.. Hyer sat down and
wrote a card and asked me to sign it,
announcing myself as an Independent
candidate for Mayor. declined to sign
il, but notwithstanding to be UNDER
stood ironically BY the Democratic !"
crowd who we're, as thought, seeking to
cast slur on the Union party, instead
Of complimenting me-that | was in the
hands of my friends, and If they insisted
on voting for me, / could not help it.
Thereupon 4 left the Office
The tickets bearing my name are, as
far as ! can learn, being circulated by
Democrats and vo(ad by Democrats.
Perhaps they intend to compliment me
/ by these votes, but when consider toe
i autecedents of the Democratic party,
and its recreancy to freedom, and its 10
fidelity to the Union when assailed by
treason, and its invariabie and malig>
nant hostility to coneeding any rights,
except the right 10 labor under the task
I makers whip, to my people, cannot
feel complimented by such votes.
While ] can understand their unfortun-
ate plight in not being able to find q
man willing to head their ticket, they
ought not to expect me, or any man of
my color, to soil his fair fame, and bis
4 new birth into the rights Of citizenship,
by voluntarily lending himself to their
purposes. u,
i In conclusion, permit me osay that
am Union man, and have to day voted
/ the straight Union ticket IF any Dem
ocrat wishes to compliment me, let him
go and do likewise.
WM. II. holland.