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penitentiary

I feel a tender sympathy for the woes of my fellow men, and often in the discharge of my judical duties, have to struggle with the sympathies of my heart, to follow the dictates of my judgement. In this case, moved by the eloquence of the "women of Yazoo my heart responds harmoniously to the appeal they make, while my judgement hardly approves the step you asked me to take: but anxious to oblige you and never willing as a man to be insensible to calls for mercy, I have done all that I could to serve you, and the end you seek and beg to subscribe myself

Most respectfully
Your obedt S'v't

J. A. P. Campbell