Editing Charles Albert of Sardinia (section)

=== Philosophy of rule ===
Charles Albert displayed similar conservativism in internal politics. When the minister of war, Matteo Agnès Des Geneys (1763–1831) died, he replaced him with Carlo San Martino d'Aglie, who was not very popular at the time. He retained {{ill|Vittorio Amedeo Sallier della Torre|it}} as Minister of Foreign Affairs until 1835, when he replaced him with the extremely conservative [[Clemente Solaro, Count La Margherita|Clemente Solaro]]. These appointments were made with the intent of restoring a ministerial oligarchy. In 1831 he appointed Gaudenzio Maria Caccia, Count of Romentino (1765–1834) as minister of Finance, {{ill|Giuseppe Barbaroux|it}} as Minister of Justice, and the reformer, Antonio Tonduti, Count of Escarèna (1771–1856), as minister of the Interior. On 5 April 1832, d'Aglie was replaced as Minister of War by {{ill|Emanuele Pes di Villamarina|it}}.<ref>{{harvnb|Bertoldi|p=177}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Maria Alberta Sarti, Barbaroux. Un talento della diplomazia e della scienza giuridica alla corte sabauda, CEDAM, Milano, 2011, p. 71.|isbn = 9788813322502|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b6ViFaqhLkwC&q=conte+de+la+tour+esteri+carlo+alberto&pg=PA71 |access-date=8 January 2016|last1 = Sarti|first1 = Maria Alberta|year = 2011| publisher=CEDAM }}</ref>

In June 1831, [[Giuseppe Mazzini]], who was in exile in Marseille, addressed a letter to Charles Albert as "an Italian," in which he encouraged him to focus on the unification of Italy, in vain. For the moment, the new King of Sardinia cleaved to almost the same ideas as his predecessors.<ref>{{harvnb|Bertoldi|pp=178, 181}}</ref>