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 4. The war at end, I homeward tacked, To settle down in ease, But no! my friends chose me to act As Justice of the Peace. I could not write; hence good and brief My warrants sounded: "Catch the thief!" But never once I favored wrong. Or crushed the poor, or fawned the strong. And so it came, that with my name Was blent an upright Judge's fame. 5. For Congress then a nominee I took the stump and ran, And was elected handsomely O'er every other man. In Congress then at Washington I sat as silent as a nun; Yet though I spake but "Aye" and "Nay," My vote was honest any way. And so I gained a world-wide fame, As Congressman without a blame. 6. Now after a ten months' sojourn 'Mong my Comanche friends, I have resolved my steps to turn Where my life's journey ends.