.... For instance, the chances were that the Unitarian Convention at Springfield, Mass., in the fall of 1850, would reject resolutions denouncing the law. In fact, John Pierpont having presented such, Dr. Parkman gave as chairman a casting vote to lay them on the table, though avowing his willingness to harbor fugitives. Dr. Gannett deprecated discussion and all action, as being liable to be misunderstood...