A Pamphlet that is seen and read across the City of Genoa
((Apparently I am now religious, also kek))
((Apparently I am now religious, also kek))
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))((Privy Council - Private))
My dear friends,
I had the honor of dining with His Majesty the King - and must say that while lamb chops were not that superb, but the ricotta is excellent. Our Sovereign has entrusted me once again to temporary chair this meeting. I believe that we should open votes on several pending issues, which has been discussed and proposed by Privy Councillors.
1) Our King wishes to know, whether we would advise him to veto the Act to Recognize and Legitimate Parties. I want to especially note, my lords, that political parties currently exist and function quite normally , but currently they exist at the pleasure of the Crown.
((Vote on Veto: Yes/No/Abstain)
2) We should recommend one of the candidates to take a place in the Senate.
(Vote on Senate: Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien, Baron of Rubicon/ Not Appoint Anybody/Abstain)
3) Should we advise His Majesty the King to grant a Duchy to a certain nobleman within the Realm?
(Vote on Duchy: Your Candidate/Not Grant to Anybody/Abstain)
4) We should elect the new Lord President of the Privy Council.
(Vote on the Lord President of the Privy Council: Vincenzo Roberto Pes/Conte Bonaretti di Nizza/Antonio Maria Enrico di Susa/Abstain)
I must say that I am very pleased with the fact that the gracious Count of Nice nominated me for Senate, but I believe that currently my public duties will not let me execute the office as diligently as would have wanted to, so I humbly refuse the nomination. Maybe it would be possible in the future.
God save the King.
- Vincenzo Roberto Pes, Marquis di Villamarina, Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia
((The vote ends in two days time))
My dear friends,
I had the honor of dining with His Majesty the King - and must say that while lamb chops were not that superb, but the ricotta is excellent. Our Sovereign has entrusted me once again to temporary chair this meeting. I believe that we should open votes on several pending issues, which has been discussed and proposed by Privy Councillors.
1) Our King wishes to know, whether we would advise him to veto the Act to Recognize and Legitimate Parties. I want to especially note, my lords, that political parties currently exist and function quite normally , but currently they exist at the pleasure of the Crown.
((Vote on Veto: Yes/No/Abstain)
2) We should recommend one of the candidates to take a place in the Senate.
(Vote on Senate: Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien, Baron of Rubicon/ Not Appoint Anybody/Abstain)
3) Should we advise His Majesty the King to grant a Duchy to a certain nobleman within the Realm?
(Vote on Duchy: Your Candidate/Not Grant to Anybody/Abstain)
4) We should elect the new Lord President of the Privy Council.
(Vote on the Lord President of the Privy Council: Vincenzo Roberto Pes/Conte Bonaretti di Nizza/Antonio Maria Enrico di Susa/Abstain)
I must say that I am very pleased with the fact that the gracious Count of Nice nominated me for Senate, but I believe that currently my public duties will not let me execute the office as diligently as would have wanted to, so I humbly refuse the nomination. Maybe it would be possible in the future.
God save the King.
- Vincenzo Roberto Pes, Marquis di Villamarina, Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia
((The vote ends in two days time))
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((Privy Council - Private))
1) Vote to veto the Act to Recognize and Legitimate Parties: Yes
2) Vote on Senate: Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien, Barone of Rubicon
3) The Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piemonte, Marquis di Villamarina, has already done a great deal for the Evergreen Savoy, it would onyl be fair to recognize his services to the King and Country with a ducal title.
Vote on Duchy: Vincenzo Roberto Pes, Marquis di Villamarina
4) I have said it before and will say it again: Marquis di Villamarina is the only right man for the job right now.
Vote on the Lord President of the Privy Council: Vincenzo Roberto Pes, Marquis di Villamarina
- Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien,
Barone of Rubicon and the Minister of the Interior
1) Vote to veto the Act to Recognize and Legitimate Parties: Yes
2) Vote on Senate: Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien, Barone of Rubicon
3) The Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piemonte, Marquis di Villamarina, has already done a great deal for the Evergreen Savoy, it would onyl be fair to recognize his services to the King and Country with a ducal title.
Vote on Duchy: Vincenzo Roberto Pes, Marquis di Villamarina
4) I have said it before and will say it again: Marquis di Villamarina is the only right man for the job right now.
Vote on the Lord President of the Privy Council: Vincenzo Roberto Pes, Marquis di Villamarina
- Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien,
Barone of Rubicon and the Minister of the Interior
((Okay...
So an old issue has been coming up more and more frequently lately. People have been having discussions outside the thread and want to know if the conversations they have can be used in-thread and IC. These range from relatively innocuous conversations to hardball politics and threats. I tried to come up with a good test for whether a statement outside the thread can be used IC but failed, so, with great reluctance, I'm going to implement one simple rule:
You can only use a statement from outside the thread, or the implications of such a statement, IC with my explicit permission to do so.
I'm going have to arbitrate on a case by case basis. Please also bring applicable logs if the statement was made on IRC or forward me the message if was by PM. I'll be most inclined to allow the statement's use if it discusses direct action in-thread: ie: "I'm definitely going to sack so and so," or, "I'll give you a position in my company if you do such and such."
Also note that:
Threats made with OOC consequences are definitely, definitely against the rules of this thread, even if they are made outside the thread.))
So an old issue has been coming up more and more frequently lately. People have been having discussions outside the thread and want to know if the conversations they have can be used in-thread and IC. These range from relatively innocuous conversations to hardball politics and threats. I tried to come up with a good test for whether a statement outside the thread can be used IC but failed, so, with great reluctance, I'm going to implement one simple rule:
You can only use a statement from outside the thread, or the implications of such a statement, IC with my explicit permission to do so.
I'm going have to arbitrate on a case by case basis. Please also bring applicable logs if the statement was made on IRC or forward me the message if was by PM. I'll be most inclined to allow the statement's use if it discusses direct action in-thread: ie: "I'm definitely going to sack so and so," or, "I'll give you a position in my company if you do such and such."
Also note that:
Threats made with OOC consequences are definitely, definitely against the rules of this thread, even if they are made outside the thread.))
It is undeniable that Maestro di Antico has acted in direct and open opposition to the laws of this Kingdom, which outlaw all publications not approved by the state. Laws should be enforced equally and without prejudice, even if they are as manifestly unjust as the ban on non-state publications.
It is in the spirit of equality under the law that I call upon the Interior Ministry to issue a warrant for the arrest of the Count of Nice, Lord Bonaretti, for his well-known sponsorship of non-state publications, in direct violation of the laws of this Kingdom.
- Giovanni Ferrero
It is in the spirit of equality under the law that I call upon the Interior Ministry to issue a warrant for the arrest of the Count of Nice, Lord Bonaretti, for his well-known sponsorship of non-state publications, in direct violation of the laws of this Kingdom.
- Giovanni Ferrero
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I must also announce that, since there is now a vacant office within the Cabinet, certain changes would take place. Agostino Epifano Gonzaga, Marquis of Monferrato, would become our new Minister of Foreign Affairs. Count Luigi Maria of Arborea would take the office of the Minister of Education.
I wish the both of honorable gentleman to prove themselves in their new positions. Long live the King.
- Vincenzo Roberto Pes, Marquis di Villamarina, Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont
I wish the both of honorable gentleman to prove themselves in their new positions. Long live the King.
- Vincenzo Roberto Pes, Marquis di Villamarina, Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont
((From a state-approved newspaper... and with my further apologies to Maxwell))
((Noco and Marshall's attempts to leak secrets have succeeded and Dadarian's character has been arrested for a breach of press laws.
My reasoning here is that Sforza is out of favor now so the government-approved papers can say what they like about him, and Cordero, the Marquess of Montezemolo, is also regarded with sufficient suspicion on the Privy Council that the government-approved papers can impeach him a little.))
((Noco and Marshall's attempts to leak secrets have succeeded and Dadarian's character has been arrested for a breach of press laws.
My reasoning here is that Sforza is out of favor now so the government-approved papers can say what they like about him, and Cordero, the Marquess of Montezemolo, is also regarded with sufficient suspicion on the Privy Council that the government-approved papers can impeach him a little.))
VOTES IN THE PRIVY COUNCIL
Privy Council - Private
1. Vote to veto the Act to Recognise and Legitimate Parties: Abstain
2. Vote on the Senate: Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien, Baron of Rubicon
The diligence of the good baron has brought about considerable improvements to the state administration and has brought about greater unity amongst the aristocracy; it seems fitting that such a nobleman should be made a senator in recognition of his services to the Crown.
3. Vote on the Conferral of the Ducal Title: Not Granted to Anyone
I must express my objection to the bestowal of the ducal title on the Marquess of Villamarina. There is no doubt that the marquess is an honourable man, and I have not hesitated to give credit to the statesman. The Family Pes, however, already holds positions of high esteem within the government [Prime Minister] and the Army [Chief of the General Staff], and may soon count Lord President of the Privy Council amongst the litany of household titles. It would, in my view, be unseemly for a member of the House of Pes, even as esteemed a nobleman as the Marquess Villamarina, tobe elevated to the ducal dignity. Indeed, if such an elevation were to be the case, it would prove the source of considerable resentment amongst the nobility.
4. Vote on the Lord President of the Privy Council: Count Bonaretti di Nizza
The Count Bonaretti de Nizza, even prior to putting himself forward for the position of Lord President, has taken an active role in directing the activities of the Privy Council. His efforts to organise and expedite the processes of the Council have not passed without notice, and the opportunity for the good count to official preside over matters should not be deprived him.
It would be unjust on the part of the nobility to burden the sitting Prime Minister with the additional task of overseeing the affairs of the Privy Council. It would impose additional duties on an already very busy statesman, and would simultaneously deprive another nobleman of the opportunity to serve the King. That being said, a good relationship between the Prime Minister and the Lord President of the Privy Council is essential for the smooth functioning of Government and, although I have every reason to believe that relations between the Honourable Marquess Villamarina and the Count Nizza are cordial, I invite the Prime Minister to clarify whether this is indeed the case.
It would be unjust on the part of the nobility to burden the sitting Prime Minister with the additional task of overseeing the affairs of the Privy Council. It would impose additional duties on an already very busy statesman, and would simultaneously deprive another nobleman of the opportunity to serve the King. That being said, a good relationship between the Prime Minister and the Lord President of the Privy Council is essential for the smooth functioning of Government and, although I have every reason to believe that relations between the Honourable Marquess Villamarina and the Count Nizza are cordial, I invite the Prime Minister to clarify whether this is indeed the case.
MONTEZEMOLO
Bonuses and Penalties
| Bonus/Penalty Name | Effect | Bonus/Penalty Duration | Player(s) |
| In Prison | -50% PP | Until it is rescinded by a higher authority | |
| In Exile | -50% PP | Self-imposed exile can be ended at any time | |
| Lord of the Rifle | +50% PP | For life (unless revoked) | |
| Trading in Cloth | +25% PP | Indefinite | All Members of IPMC |
| Senator | +25% PP | For life (unless revoked), or until retirement | |
| Glorious Arms | +50% PP | Until Rescinded | Revan529 |
Dynastic Bonuses
| Bonus Name | Dynasty | Bonus Effect | Bonus Duration | Special | Player(s) |
| Tradizionalisti Legacy | The Soleminis Dynasty | +30% PP | Indefinite | The eldest member of this dynasty serves on the King's Privy Council regardless of class. | |
| Colonial Legacy | The Vitali Dynasty | +5% PP | Indefinite | Future militarists from this dynasty will automatically have "Soldierly" and "Colonial Background" added to their trait pools as extra possible traits. | |
| Industrial Legacy | The Cavalieri Dynasty | +10% PP | Indefinite | When industrialists of the Cavalieri Dynasty die, their assets (property and money) are held in trust. The next industrialist of the dynasty may choose to start with the trust as his assets instead of the usual 5k sum. | Otto of England |
| Prime Ministerial Legacy | The Bonaretti Dynasty | +25% PP | Indefinite | The eldest member of the Bonaretti dynasty sits on the privy council even if he is not a member of the Aristocrat class. | AndreMassena |
| Opera Legacy | The Gabriele Dynasty | +10% PP | Indefinite | The eldest politician-class character of this dynasty gets a +12% politician bonus instead of the usual politician bonus. | |
| Reformer's Legacy | The Uleri Dynasty | +10% PP | Indefinite | The eldest politician-class character of this dynasty gets a +12% politician bonus instead of the usual politician bonus. | DensleyBlair |
| Judicial Legacy | The Pedrotti Dynasty | +5% PP | Indefinite | When a member of this dynasty is in a judicial role, chances to catch PC-criminals is sometimes randomly increased. | |
| Sardinian Legacy | The Vaccarello Dynasty | +5% PP | Indefinite | If the party members of this dynasty voted for take no seats, the dynast still gets a seat in Sardinia. | |
| Expatriot Legacy | The Di Susa Dynasty | +5% PP | Indefinite | Members of this dynasty only have a -25% PP penalty for being in exile rather than a -50% penalty. | LatinKaiser |
| Cignetti Legacy | The Cignetti Dynasty | +5% PP | Indefinite | N/A | |
| Sforza Legacy | The Sforza Dynasty | +10% PP | Indefinite | N/A | Ab |
| Revanchist Legacy | The D'Ambrosio Dynasty | +5% PP | Indefinite | Members of this dynasty have a lower chance of dying in duels. | |
| Roman Legacy | The Balbo Dynasty | +10% PP | Indefinite | This dynastic bonus increases to 15% if a member of the dynasty is a colonial governor. | |
| Traitorous Legacy | The Leone Dynasty | -10% PP | Indefinite | When industrialists of the Leone Dynasty die, their assets (property and money) are held in trust. The next industrialist of the dynasty may choose to start with the trust as his assets instead of the usual 5k sum. (This is retroactive to his last industrialist character.) | |
| Martial Legacy | The Alighieri Dynasty | +10% | Indefinite | Militarists of this dynasty start with +1 grade instead of the normal +0. | TJDS |
| Revolutionary Legacy | The Mopurgo Dynasty | +5% | Indefinite | Agitation done by members of this dynasty is more effective. | |
| The Most Promising of His Lackeys (also Madman's Legacy) | The Contravarius Dynasty | +10% | Indefinite | Aristocrat members of this dynasty have ancestral lands in two provinces and the right to wear strangely ominous paper hats in the Privy Council. A black bar is added to their crest. | |
| Societa Legacy | The Moretti Dynasty | +5% | Indefinite | When industrialists of the Moretti Dynasty die, their assets (property and money) are held in trust. The next industrialist of the dynasty may choose to start with the trust as his assets instead of the usual 5k sum. (This is retroactive to his last industrialist character.) They also get a free boat. |
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((Handing out a penalty [malus] by popular demand...))
Penalty Name: Minor Scandal
Penalty Amount: -25%
Penalty Duration: Until after the next general election ((if this part is empty or isn't here, assume the bonus or malus is indefinite))
((Massimo Pio Giuseppe Cordero [m.equitum] has incurred a -25% penalty, titled Minor Scandal. Note that this is not a formal charge, and is limited in duration. It does not affect special or organizational voting, like voting by party or on the privy council.))
Penalty Name: Minor Scandal
Penalty Amount: -25%
Penalty Duration: Until after the next general election ((if this part is empty or isn't here, assume the bonus or malus is indefinite))
((Massimo Pio Giuseppe Cordero [m.equitum] has incurred a -25% penalty, titled Minor Scandal. Note that this is not a formal charge, and is limited in duration. It does not affect special or organizational voting, like voting by party or on the privy council.))
((Public - Anonymous))
An anonymous pamphlet distributed at select locations in Annecy and Chambery
Men of character! Men of valor! Men of labor!
As we have so recently seen, we are vulnerable! Our fellow worker and patriot, Maestro di Antico, has been arrested for merely speaking his mind! Can you guarantee that you will not be next, if you seek to do the same on issues of national importance? Can your family guarantee that it will be provided for when you are hauled away on spurious charges based solely in pique and personal spite?
All can see how the aristocrats fear and despise our nation's industrial growth, even as it brings new life to our trade and commerce! They tremble when they contemplate the possibility that ordinary men, raised outside gilded halls and marble palaces, might rise up to become men of wealth and power! The same men who might even, perhaps, shake their unchallenged hold on the instruments of state!
As the aristocrats attempt in vain to consolidate their decaying rigor-mortis grip on our vibrant and growing nation and the militarists plot wars of foreign aggression fueled by the taxes and lifeblood of workers and peasants, we must band together to form societies for mutual support and benefit! The Maestro di Antico, our friend and neighbor, has done what he can for the men of Genoa; now we must do the same for the men of Savoy!
Join the Associazione di Savoiardi Operai, a fraternal organization dedicated to the benefit of all laborers, craftsmen, and tradesmen in Savoy! We have already begun organizing at the Il Sardo cement works! With your support and the support of our brethren in other parts of the nation, we shall continually work toward the shared prosperity of all of the laboring class in Savoy and beyond! Meetings are open to all hard-working workers and tradesmen who wish to speak their minds!
((OOC: I'm organizing the Association of Savoyard Workers at the cement factory in Savoy.))
((Public))
I accept Maestro di Antico's offer and thank him for his confidence in my abilities. I will do my utmost to guide and support the tradesmen and workers of Genoa while he serves his unjust sentence.
- Giovanni Ferrero
An anonymous pamphlet distributed at select locations in Annecy and Chambery
Men of character! Men of valor! Men of labor!
As we have so recently seen, we are vulnerable! Our fellow worker and patriot, Maestro di Antico, has been arrested for merely speaking his mind! Can you guarantee that you will not be next, if you seek to do the same on issues of national importance? Can your family guarantee that it will be provided for when you are hauled away on spurious charges based solely in pique and personal spite?
All can see how the aristocrats fear and despise our nation's industrial growth, even as it brings new life to our trade and commerce! They tremble when they contemplate the possibility that ordinary men, raised outside gilded halls and marble palaces, might rise up to become men of wealth and power! The same men who might even, perhaps, shake their unchallenged hold on the instruments of state!
As the aristocrats attempt in vain to consolidate their decaying rigor-mortis grip on our vibrant and growing nation and the militarists plot wars of foreign aggression fueled by the taxes and lifeblood of workers and peasants, we must band together to form societies for mutual support and benefit! The Maestro di Antico, our friend and neighbor, has done what he can for the men of Genoa; now we must do the same for the men of Savoy!
Join the Associazione di Savoiardi Operai, a fraternal organization dedicated to the benefit of all laborers, craftsmen, and tradesmen in Savoy! We have already begun organizing at the Il Sardo cement works! With your support and the support of our brethren in other parts of the nation, we shall continually work toward the shared prosperity of all of the laboring class in Savoy and beyond! Meetings are open to all hard-working workers and tradesmen who wish to speak their minds!
((OOC: I'm organizing the Association of Savoyard Workers at the cement factory in Savoy.))
((Public))
I accept Maestro di Antico's offer and thank him for his confidence in my abilities. I will do my utmost to guide and support the tradesmen and workers of Genoa while he serves his unjust sentence.
- Giovanni Ferrero
((Privy Council))
Vote on the Act to Legitimize Political Parties: Abstain
Vote on the Senate: Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien, Barone of Rubicon
Vote on the Ducal Title: Conte Federico Francesco D''Ambrosio, Conte of Cagliari
Vote on the Privy Council Lord: Antonio Maria Enrico di Susa
Vote on the Act to Legitimize Political Parties: Abstain
Vote on the Senate: Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien, Barone of Rubicon
Vote on the Ducal Title: Conte Federico Francesco D''Ambrosio, Conte of Cagliari
Vote on the Privy Council Lord: Antonio Maria Enrico di Susa
((Private - Privy Council))
Vote on the Act to Legitimize Political Parties: Abstain I believe that this act should be amended to only legitimize parties that do not oppose the Monarchy, for those parties are inherently subversive.
Vote on the Senate: Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien, Barone of Rubicon
Vote on the Ducal Title: Conte Federico Francesco D''Ambrosio, Conte of Cagliari
Vote on the Lord President of the privy Council: Marquess Antonio Maria Enrico di Susa
Vote on the Act to Legitimize Political Parties: Abstain I believe that this act should be amended to only legitimize parties that do not oppose the Monarchy, for those parties are inherently subversive.
Vote on the Senate: Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien, Barone of Rubicon
Vote on the Ducal Title: Conte Federico Francesco D''Ambrosio, Conte of Cagliari
Vote on the Lord President of the privy Council: Marquess Antonio Maria Enrico di Susa
((Private-Privy Council))
Vote on Veto: Si
Like I previously stated, this abominable legislation should be destroyed and cast into Hades.
Vote on Senate: Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien, Baron of Rubicon
The Barone is a very honorable man who deserves the title of Senator.
Vote on Duchy: Grant to No One
It is tempting to grant the ducal title to our esteemed Prime Minister, for he certainly deserves all the recognition and praise he has received for guiding the kingdom in these disturbing times. However, I must agree with the Marquess of Montezemolo that it would set a bad precedent to concentrate too much power and too many honors in the hands of one family. Perhaps we should grant the title to the Marquess di Villamarina in the future, but I see no reason to rush the matter.
Vote on Lord President of the Privy Council: Conte Bonaretti di Nizza
I must admit that I am uncomfortable nominating and voting for myself to receive this position. However, I believe that I am quite capable of leading the Privy Council as we face the growing threat of the republican Hydra. Some have suggested our dear Prime Minister for the position, and while he would certainly fill the position quite capably I believe the office of the Prime Minister and President of the Privy Council should be separate.
((Public))
Bonaretti laughs
You fool, perhaps you should go back to school before you accuse me of wrongdoing. La Croce Bianca is clearly a respectable paper that is backed by His Majesty. But your literacy is none of my business, I suppose.
He returns to sipping his tea
((Tbh I'm not sure about this but I just assumed that a paper backed by the Count of Nice counted as a state-run/approved paper.))
Vote on Veto: Si
Like I previously stated, this abominable legislation should be destroyed and cast into Hades.
Vote on Senate: Amadeus Cornelius Salvatore Severin dom Contravarius-Parma y d'Alatriste-Enghien, Baron of Rubicon
The Barone is a very honorable man who deserves the title of Senator.
Vote on Duchy: Grant to No One
It is tempting to grant the ducal title to our esteemed Prime Minister, for he certainly deserves all the recognition and praise he has received for guiding the kingdom in these disturbing times. However, I must agree with the Marquess of Montezemolo that it would set a bad precedent to concentrate too much power and too many honors in the hands of one family. Perhaps we should grant the title to the Marquess di Villamarina in the future, but I see no reason to rush the matter.
Vote on Lord President of the Privy Council: Conte Bonaretti di Nizza
I must admit that I am uncomfortable nominating and voting for myself to receive this position. However, I believe that I am quite capable of leading the Privy Council as we face the growing threat of the republican Hydra. Some have suggested our dear Prime Minister for the position, and while he would certainly fill the position quite capably I believe the office of the Prime Minister and President of the Privy Council should be separate.
((Public))
Bonaretti laughs
You fool, perhaps you should go back to school before you accuse me of wrongdoing. La Croce Bianca is clearly a respectable paper that is backed by His Majesty. But your literacy is none of my business, I suppose.
He returns to sipping his tea
((Tbh I'm not sure about this but I just assumed that a paper backed by the Count of Nice counted as a state-run/approved paper.))
My understanding, Lord Bonaretti, is that you personally own an absolute majority of the firm which produces La Croce Bianca. Now, I am but a lowly artisan and lack the extensive education that you and your fellows possess, but as I understand it, such privately-owned endeavors are by definition private, which is to say not owned or operated by His Majesty the King or His Majesty's Government as a legal body. Furthermore, I do not believe that your position in government or your noble birth establish your personal endeavors as state institutions; if that was the case, then all of your possessions and properties would belong to His Majesty's Government, which I think we both know is not true. As the Statuto Albertino enshrines the concept of equality under the law, in which no hereditary privilege shields any individual from the application of His Majesty's justice, you are liable for prosecution under the ban on non-state publications.
I do not call for your arrest out of a sense of personal rancor or acrimony, though you have insulted me twice over in a very short statement. However, I believe that justice must be applied even-handedly. If the government wishes to imprison those individuals who publish non-state newspapers and pamphlets, that is their business and their responsibility as guardians of the law. However, they should do so in compliance with the values of justice and of His Majesty's constitution, in which he has graciously granted us all complete legal equality. I only ask that they live up to that sacred trust placed in them by His Majesty the King.
Thank you for your time.
- Giovanni Ferrero
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((Private to Board Members of Il Concord Sardo, as well as Carlo Patto [Fingon888]))