Anotherpersonalreasonisthat，ashecomplainsratherbitterly，31*theRadicalsneverspokesoastosecurethesympathyoftheworkingclasses。Thispointstotherealdifficulty。Therewasagulfbetweenthemiddleandtheworkingclasses，aswellasbetweenthe，privileged，andthe’disqualified。’TherealaimofMill’sarticlesistoshowhowthisgulfcouldbesurmounted。Allthe，disqualified，mightbebroughtintolineifonlythephilosophicalRadicalscouldbegottoattracttheworkingclasses，andtheworkingclassestofollowtheRadicals。MillthereforeendeavourstoprovethattheRadicalmeasureswereinfactintendedforthebenefitoftheworkingclasses，andmightconsequentlybemadeattractive。Thepositionwasinfactpreciselythis。TheChartistagitationwasbecomingconspicuous，andtheChartistshadbrokenofffromtheRadicals。
Millhadtopersuadethemthattheydidnotknowtheirtruefriends。Hissincerityandthewarmthofhissympathyareunmistakable，butsoisthedifficultyofthetask。
Inthefirstplace，herepudiatesuniversalsuffrageoneofthesixpoints。Hethinksitbadinpointofpolicy，becausetoproposeitwouldalienatethewholemiddleclassatonce，whowouldseeinitadirectattackuponproperty。Butuniversalsuffragewasalsobadinitself，becausethemassoftheverylowestclasswasignorant，degraded，andutterlyunfitforpower。
Theintelligentworkingmanoughttorecognisethefact，andthereforenottograntthesuffragetothelowestclass。What，then，wastobedone？Theanswer，givenemphaticallyinhislastarticle，isthatweshouldgovernfortheworkingclassesbymeansofthemiddleclasses。That，hesays，shouldbethemottoofeveryRadical。Theidealisagovernmentwhichshouldadoptsuchapolicyaswouldbeadoptedunderuniversalsuffrageinacountrywherethemasseswereeducatedsoastobefitforit。Inotherwords，thegreataimofRadicalsshouldbetoredresspracticalgrievances。
Did，then，theRadicalplatformaimatsuchredress？Mill’sproofthatitdidissignificant。TheRadicalswereunanimousagainsttheCorn-laws；andtheCorn-laws，asheargues，32*