James chalmers plain truth biography definition

Plain Truth; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, Containing Remarks on a late pamphlet, entitled Common Sense is a pamphlet authored by the loyalistJames Chalmers in , as a rebuke of Thomas Paine's Common Sense.^[1]

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 Sense's attempt to utilise religion to attack the institution of monarchy, pithily summarising that Thomas Paine should have