Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-07-18

graduated at the Collega of Physicians
Il Surgeons, New York City, and COM
menced the practice of his profession in
the village of Shelburne Falls, nine miles
from Asbfield and in the same county.
To raise money to pay the expenses of
his professional education, he edited, in
1910, the Hampshire Republican. a news
paper published in Northampton, Mass,
to the great satisfaction of the party with
which he was associated.
In the village of Shelburne Falls, be
practiced Medicine from the spring Of
l84l to the spring of 1855, with the
exception of the year 1916, during which
time he resided in Northampton, and
edited the Northampton Democrat. Du-
ring the year 1855, he practiced medi-
cine in the city of Albany, and early in
January, 1856. came to Independence to
make this county his permanent home.
Such are the main incidents in his per-
sonal history. The foregoing are the
places and towns where he has resided,
and we again challenge the most rigid
inquiry-the greatest possibly scrutiny
into his whole life, and can reiterate it
will be found spotless. We say, emphati-
cally, that his life is unsullied by Grim
inal. dishonorable, mean or vicious act
and that he never left a place with a
promise unfulilled or debt unpaid.
Having thus SO rapidly sketched Mr..
TABoR's personal history, we will give
an outline, though from necessity equally
summary, of his political course. Nur-
tured in the true democratic faith of jeff
erson, he acted with the democratic party
as long as that party kept to even show
of their protested principles; but in
tuitively averse to slavery, he always op-
posed its extension beyond the bounds
where it so unfortunately exists. and when
CAss wrote his Nicholson letter, be utter
ly renowned his allegiance to the bogus
democracy, and has ever since, to the
present moment acted heart and hand
with the anti-slavery party. He took
this ground early in l848, before the
Buffalo convention and the organization
of the Free Soil party, during that year,
and has stood an unlinching opposer of
aggressive slavery to the present hour.
In this cause he has both written and
spoken with zeal that was founded on
conviction, and directness that was the
result of invincible determination.
While acting with the democracy he
was repeatedly put forward by them for
office. In l845, he was the candidate of
that party in Franklin county, Mass, for
the State Senate, and in 1916, he was
nominated by the same party in the Mas
sachusetts Sixth Congressional District,
as their candidate for Congress. In 1848
and l849, he was the Free Soil candidate
for the State Senate, and was afterwards
urged to stand again in the same posi-
ton, but declined, in public letter, on
account of the demands of his profess
sional business. Presented thus, at va
rious times, as candidate for response
BILE and honorable offices, his character
was scanned with that freedom and scru.
tiny which is SO eminently American.
and no opposition press or political oppo-
nent ever presumed to charge him with
anything derogatory to his standing as a
good and virtuous man in all the relations
OF the public and family circles. We
have seen large number of newspapers
opposed and favorable to him, politically,
and those also of neutral character
published in Massachusetts,, which all
concur in giving him commentators as
a man of integrity and ability, as writer,
speaker and companion of which any
individual might well be proud. Extracts
from these notices we shall give here.
after, if necessary.
While in Albany, Mr.. Tabor co-opera-
ted as usual actively with the Republi
cans. He spoke in the Capitol in COM
pany with HENRY Wilson, and stumped
II o..
the State considerably. both alone and in
company with Mr.. RAYMOND, the Lieut..
Governor. and with Mr.. DAWSON, then
one Of the editors of the Albany Evening
Journal. On coming to Iowa. he edited
the Civilian, making it. while under his
control. thoroughly anti-slavery. and he
has at various points in the county, ad-
dressed his fellow citizens on political
topics.
Such, then. is the man whom the Re.
publicans Of Buchanan county have
nominated for County Judge. They may
be proud, we think, of his record, and
confident of its endorsement by the people