William would answer, “Ours is not redress.”— }
“Would you oppression, then, for ever feel?”—
“’Tis not my choice; but yet I must not steal.”—
“So, first they cheat us, and then make their laws 560
To guard their treasures and to back their cause:
What call you then, my friend, the rights of man?”—
“To get his bread,” said William, “if he can;
And if he cannot, he must then depend }
Upon a Being he may make his friend.”— }
“Make!” they replied; and conference had end. }