There was not even a profession of faith in the government of England as at present constituted.
Every hostile allusion to the Aristocracy, the Church, the opinions of the 'privileged classes,' was received with warm cheers.

Every allusion to the republican institutions of America, the right of suffrage, the right of self-taxation, the 'sunlight' of republican influence, was caught up by the audience with vehement applause.

It may therefore be considered as fairly and authoritatively announced that the class of skilled workmen in London--that is the leaders of the pure popular movement in England--have announced by an act almost without precedent in their history, the principle that they make common cause with the Americans who are struggling for the restoration of the Union and that all their power and influence shall be used on behalf of the North[1370]." Bright's words of most scarifying indictment of "Privilege," and his appeal to workers to join hands with their fellows in America have been given in a previous chapter[1371].

Evidently that appeal, though enthusiastically received for its oratorical brilliance, was unneeded.
His was but an eloquent expression of that which was in the minds of his audience.

Upon the American Minister the effect was to cause him to renew warnings against showing too keen an appreciation of the support of political radicalism in England.