Ka whakaputa i tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga kōrero ka noho a Tebbs hei mema o te National Democratic Party, hei mema kaha hoki o te nekehanga pro-slavery.
Ko te tikanga, ko te putanga matatini ake o te rerenga korero ko "I uru a Tebbs ki te National Democratic Party, he mema kaha hoki o te nekehanga mo te mahi pononga, i muri i te wikitoria o te kawanatanga koreutu o Kansas i te tau 1857, ka neke a Tebbs me tona whanau ki Hamburg, Arkansas, i reira ka whakatuwhera ano ia i tetahi mahi rongoa. "