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Letter from the Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims to the Count of Berstett
Most gracious and dearest friend,
It is with the utmost alarm that I take to the quill to write you this letter. With the opening of a new electoral campaign, I fear that the brave men of our faction might find themselves much divided in the wake of what I perceive to be a growing chasm among true royalists. Let us not lure ourselves and forget that despite our differences, they are but petty compared to what separates us from the engeance libérale.
I beseech you to find common ground with the Duke of Saint-Aignan, before we witness a public rift in the campaign, with candidates of both persuasions fissuring our electoral bloc and opening the way for liberaly inclined candidates to win with a simple plurality.
It is my strong belief that we must quickly unite around a list of demands from the Ministry, whose acceptance or rejection should condition our support in the upcoming legislature, unless we do win a majority, a feat only obtainable by a united campaign quickly launched with strengt, conviction and passion.
I personally voiced my discontent to the Marquis of Valence and my refusal to support his ministry further unless the Minister of Finances is removed from office. I also believe we must pressure the Ministry on the issues of electoral reforms and compensation for the émigrés, now that the finances of the realm have recovered.
Avec vous dans la foy,
Henri-Charles Victorin du Bourget
Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims