CLEMENT, Simon.

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Faults on Both Sides: A small group comprising Clement's pamphlet supporting the establishment of a non-partisan government, a response to Clement claiming to be the second part of his pamphlet, the anonymous counterblast Faults in the Fault-Finder, and Clement's defence of his treatise in A Vindication of the Faults on Both Sides. In the past Faults on Both Sides has been attributed to Robert Harley, but it is generally accepted that Simon Clement (c.1654-c.1730) was the author. However it does seem that Harley had some role in its publication, and it can be seen as election propaganda for the 1710 election with Harley being the implicit non-partisan choice. Joseph Trapp published a response arguing that the pamphlet was a conspiracy by the Whigs, who saw that their dominance was ending and were consequently urging for a coalition government to keep their power, which Clement responded to in A Vindication. At any rate, the number of editions which the pamphlet and its responses ran to shows the significance of the publication on the contemporary political scene.The four pamphlets comprise:i) CLEMENT, Simon. Faults on Both Sides... the second edition. ESTC T35447.ii) (Anonymous, at times catalogued under Clement, but listed by ESTC as an answer to him). Faults on both sides: Part the Second. Or, an essay upon The Original Cause, Progress, and Mischievous Consequences of the Factions in the Church. Shewing, That the clergy, of whatsoever Denomination, have always been the Ring

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