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Letter to Editor
September 7, 1769
The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
A letter to Mr. Rind requests publishing Latin verses warning Americans against trusting British promises to repeal revenue acts, comparing it to the Trojan horse deception. It invokes the link between liberty and learning, asking the college president for a translation to inform the public.
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Mr. RIND,
SIR,
The sentiments of America are so well known on the subject of LIBERTY, that, delusion apart, they will surely be right. To prevent the operation of this mischief, you will oblige many of your customers, by publishing the following lines; which appear well calculated to prevent the deception that may otherways take place, from the ministerial promise of repealing the American revenue acts, at the next meeting of Parliament. But these lines, being not quite obvious to the understanding of every reader; if the learned President of our college would be pleased to furnish your next Gazette with a spirited translation of them, he would much serve and oblige his country.
My reason for calling on the worthy President, arises from this historic truth; that liberty and learning have been found together; that the slavery of the body necessarily enslaves the mind, and produces in RELIGION, belief without examination; and in GOVERNMENT, submission without law.
R.
Quid miri, quæ tanta insania Cives,
Creditis avectos hostes? Aut ulla putatis
Dona carere dolis Danaûm? sic notus Ulixes?
Aut hoc inclusi ligno occultantur Achivi.
Aut aliquis latet error: equo ne credite, Teucri.
Quicquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.
SIR,
The sentiments of America are so well known on the subject of LIBERTY, that, delusion apart, they will surely be right. To prevent the operation of this mischief, you will oblige many of your customers, by publishing the following lines; which appear well calculated to prevent the deception that may otherways take place, from the ministerial promise of repealing the American revenue acts, at the next meeting of Parliament. But these lines, being not quite obvious to the understanding of every reader; if the learned President of our college would be pleased to furnish your next Gazette with a spirited translation of them, he would much serve and oblige his country.
My reason for calling on the worthy President, arises from this historic truth; that liberty and learning have been found together; that the slavery of the body necessarily enslaves the mind, and produces in RELIGION, belief without examination; and in GOVERNMENT, submission without law.
R.
Quid miri, quæ tanta insania Cives,
Creditis avectos hostes? Aut ulla putatis
Dona carere dolis Danaûm? sic notus Ulixes?
Aut hoc inclusi ligno occultantur Achivi.
Aut aliquis latet error: equo ne credite, Teucri.
Quicquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
Reflective
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Constitutional Rights
What keywords are associated?
American Liberty
British Deception
Trojan Horse
Revenue Acts
Parliament Repeal
Latin Verses
What entities or persons were involved?
R.
Mr. Rind
Letter to Editor Details
Author
R.
Recipient
Mr. Rind
Main Argument
americans should distrust british ministerial promises to repeal revenue acts as deceptive, akin to the trojan horse, and a translation of the provided latin verses would help prevent public delusion.
Notable Details
References Historic Truth Linking Liberty And Learning
Quotes Virgil's Aeneid On Fearing Greeks Bearing Gifts
Requests Translation From College President