We call on gods and men to witness that it is not against our country that we have taken up arms, nor against the safety of our fellow citizens. We who through the violence and cruelty of usurers are without country. Having been actuated by only one wish, the guarantee of personal security against wrong. We demand neither power nor wealth, those great and external causes of strife among mankind. We ask only for freedom, a treasure which we will never surrender except with life itself.