The testimony offered here has shown
He bore a character unstained by crime.
Nay, more—an active, honest, prudent man,
Prisoner, you have appeared, since you came here
Five years ago. You came with us to share,
In this free land, the blessings we enjoy;
Blessings by law secured, by law sustained;
The impartial law that, like the glorious sun,
Sends from its central light a beam to all,
And binds in magnet interest all as one.