For each will plead forgiveness for thought or action done,
And none by spotless merit eternal bliss hath won.
Then gently judge your fellow, his failings lightly scan;
Like you, he can not corner all the brains of man!
See, yonder is our Congress, where wits and fools unite,
To declare by the nation's statute what is fundamental right!
They yell of patriotism and the majesty of Law,
And are for once unanimous—their salaries to draw!
Alas! alas! 'tis ever thus within our halls of State;
Sweet Justice is blacklisted—the dollar is too great.