publicity

"The democratic tendency which inspired his love of liberty and his scorn of those who assailed it openly or in secret was a deep-rooted sentiment, too vital and too intense to satisfy itself with the effectation of freedom implied by unrestrained manners. While for the most part he follows the tendency analyzed by M. Gaultier and displays his appreciation of the mellifluous charm clinging to a social order founded upon high traditions and guarded seclusion by revealing the shuffle and clatter of a too-democratic publicity, he is capable, as we see in the drawing just described, of penetrating the very temple of aristocracy (...)"

Please tell me what "a too-democratic publicity" means in the context.

Thanks.

Cadzao