Plain Truth (pamphlet)
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Plain Truth (pamphlet)
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Plain Truth is a pamphlet authored by the loyalist James Chalmers in 1776, as a rebuke of Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Chalmers, under the pen name "Candidus", begins by stating his love for "true liberty", alongside his belief in Common Sense's insidious intent, which he believes will bring the thirteen colonies into "ruin, horror, and desolation." Plain Truth stated that Thomas Paine's complaints about the British Monarchy were "invalid" and "barbaric". Plain Truth goes on denounce Common Sens
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_Truth_(pamphlet)
date created:
2016-07-08T12:02:29Z
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2024-08-27T05:21:49Z
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