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LAW AND POLITICS 23

the pangs of a new birth, and for a while it was
hard to tell the result. But while the margin
was small, it was sufficient to place our young
commonwealth permanently in the anti-slavery
column and to prepare her people for the his-
toric uprising- of 1860, and the deluge just
beyond."³-⁴

"Weaver's actual part in the stirring events
of the years during which the Republican party
was taking shape and while the stage was pre-
paring for the Civil "War could not have been a
large one since he was only twenty-eight in
1861. One may imagine, however, that he was
more than an interested spectator, and that his
personal experiences and observations during
these years of party change and conflicts left
impressions that largely explain his belief in
the possibility of the reorganization of parties
to serve the interests of the masses of the
people.

His active participation in affairs led to his
selection as a delegate from Davis County to
the Republican State Convention held at Des
Homes in January, 1860, to name delegates to
the national nominating convention.¹⁶ "With
Fitz Henry Warren, Jacob Rich, Governor
Samuel J. Kirkwood, James B. Howell, James
Thorington, Hiram Price, Judge John F. Dillon,
Amos N. Currier, and F. W. Palmer he is men-
tioned as among those who in May, 1860, com-



	LAW AND POLITICS 23 the pangs of a new birth, and for a while it was hard to tell the result. But while the margin was small, it was sufficient to place our young commonwealth permanently in the anti-slavery column and to prepare her people for the his- toric uprising- of 1860, and the deluge just beyond."³-⁴ "Weaver's actual part in the stirring events of the years during which the Republican party was taking shape and while the stage was pre- paring for the Civil "War could not have been a large one since he was only twenty-eight in 1861. One may imagine, however, that he was more than an interested spectator, and that his personal experiences and observations during these years of party change and conflicts left impressions that largely explain his belief in the possibility of the reorganization of parties to serve the interests of the masses of the people. His active participation in affairs led to his selection as a delegate from Davis County to the Republican State Convention held at Des Homes in January, 1860, to name delegates to the national nominating convention.¹⁶ "With Fitz Henry Warren, Jacob Rich, Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood, James B. Howell, James Thorington, Hiram Price, Judge John F. Dillon, Amos N. Currier, and F. W. Palmer he is men- tioned as among those who in May, 1860, com-