Although the 'Minsen Giin Setsuritsu Kenpaku Sho' had the standpoint of the Tenpu-jinken-ron (theory of natural human rights), it's possible to say that this was a form of expression of the Fuhei Shizoku, the samurai class, who were not satisfied with the social change during this period of time, and most of whom were actually in dire poverty at the time.
民撰議院設立建白書は、天賦人権論に立脚しているものの、当時、困窮を極めた不平士族の不満が形を変えて噴出したものであったと言える。