A Summary Response to the Everardine's Methods of Campaign

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Sir Terrence May addresses the First Josephite Summit.

 

To those whom it may concern,

 

The Everardine faction’s many supporters are our most glorious allies in the forging of principle, procedure and precedence in the House of Commons. Together, through forging bonds between those whom we represent, we shall establish a platform upon which respectful debate can be held.

 

I have noticed, of late, that many of our constituents feel persecuted by those with Everardine sentiments. Some of your constituents have even made publications accusing Josephites of atheism, the support of heresy, and so on.

 

These are baseless accusations. I am your Emperor’s Chief Justice, and I assure you that accusing Terrence May, Konrad Stafyr, Edward Napier, myself, and many other devout Canonists of such heinous crimes is an easy case to win in court if sued for libel. This letter will be our only response to these deceitful claims. After this letter, we will ignore such accusations should they continue. We find it not worth our time to play fact-checker.

 

“His party is filled with established, corrupt bureaucrats who hardly leave their palatial estates unless it is to receive a bribe from the Carrington monopoly.”

 

I am the only member attending the Josephite Summit who has a palace. None of us are corrupt even in the most misconstrued definition of the word. You accused Sir Terrence May, Sir Konrad Stafyr, myself, Edward Napier, Joseph Adler, Godfrey Briarwood, and many other honorable and long-standing officials and denizens of the Empire of being corrupt shamelessly with no evidence. 

 

“His party supports interacial marriage, big corporations, and Anti-Canonist sentiments.”

 

This is false. We do not support interracial marriages, and we do not propagate anti-Canonist sentiment. We are secularists, which demands a level of separation from Church and state that we already have in many areas of government. I love my Church, as do my fellow Josephites.

 

“A product of incest and a promulgator of apostasy, His (Antonius) Former Imperial Majesty would’ve been an excellent candidate for the Josephite list.”

 

Of course he would not. We Josephites base our ideals on my father’s hate for tyranny. This is demagoguery without foundation. I have fought for fifty years against such tyrannies. A personal insult, unfounded.

 

“They do not live the reality of most of mankind: who seeks to protect their family, their demesne, their nation and their people.”

 

We do everything we can to protect our families, demesne, nations, and people. We have all fought, side by side, for decades against terrible enemies of us all. This is a heinous and terrible thing to say.

 

We will not pursue the path you have chosen thus far. We do not intend to make our disagreements a battle, in the courts or otherwise. We will not attack you and your ideologies except where we find them misplaced on principle of policy. We will not paint you as demons seeking to drag our progress into the depths of history. We will not be demagogues. 

 

You may win some votes by creating a divide among your constituents and ours, and by claiming that we are what a few of you have said we are. Even now, daily, I receive complaints of harassment and accusations from the street, where my friends are called heretics and evil, enemies of Orenia.

 

This is not acceptable. This is not how gentlemen conduct themselves. Not only will this not win you many seats, though, but any seats you win will be stained with this conduct.

 

I propose that, instead of publishing disingenuous articles, you meet us on the debate stage. Myself, Sir Terrence, and Edward Napier shall debate any three of your choosing. I will not accept any such debate without a sincere commitment that you will curtail any such deceitful methods of campaigning that I have described.

 

I await your letter accepting my challenge and those three you would pit against us. Let us have a debate of ideas, not deceit.

 

The Duke Sunholdt, KCHE

 

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53 minutes ago, BenevolentManacles said:

We are secularists, which demands a level of separation from Church and state that we already have in many areas of government. I love my Church, as do my fellow Josephites.

 

Sir Henry loads his crossbow “Sounds like Heresy to me” 

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Edward Williams would be talking with the Duke of Sundholdt "Thank you, Your Grace, for dispelling the false rumours created by the everardines about us. Our cause, the cause of the josephites, is the cause for social justice. For the dignity of all."