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Dark
crimson
velvet
,
dark
purple
silk
,
and
jet-black
cloth
,
with
linen
of
dazzling
whiteness
,
composed
the
festive
dress
of
the
President
,
who
marched
at
the
head
of
his
Committee
carrying
an
enormous
nosegay
,
like
that
which
a
hundred
and
twenty-one
years
later
,
Monsieur
de
Robespierre
displayed
at
the
festival
of
"
The
Supreme
Being
.
"
There
was
,
however
,
a
little
difference
between
the
two
;
very
different
from
the
French
tribune
,
whose
heart
was
so
full
of
hatred
and
ambitious
vindictiveness
,
was
the
honest
President
,
who
carried
in
his
bosom
a
heart
as
innocent
as
the
flowers
which
he
held
in
his
hand
.
Behind
the
Committee
,
who
were
as
gay
as
a
meadow
,
and
as
fragrant
as
a
garden
in
spring
,
marched
the
learned
societies
of
the
town
,
the
magistrates
,
the
military
,
the
nobles
and
the
boors
.
The
people
,
even
among
the
respected
republicans
of
the
Seven
Provinces
,
had
no
place
assigned
to
them
in
the
procession
;
they
merely
lined
the
streets
.
This
is
the
place
for
the
multitude
,
which
with
true
philosophic
spirit
,
waits
until
the
triumphal
pageants
have
passed
,
to
know
what
to
say
of
them
,
and
sometimes
also
to
know
what
to
do
.
This
time
,
however
,
there
was
no
question
either
of
the
triumph
of
Pompey
or
of
Cæsar
;
neither
of
the
defeat
of
Mithridates
,
nor
of
the
conquest
of
Gaul
.
The
procession
was
as
placid
as
the
passing
of
a
flock
of
lambs
,
and
as
inoffensive
as
a
flight
of
birds
sweeping
through
the
air
.
Haarlem
had
no
other
triumphers
,
except
its
gardeners
.
Worshipping
flowers
,
Haarlem
idolised
the
florist
.
In
the
centre
of
this
pacific
and
fragrant
cortege
the
black
tulip
was
seen
,
carried
on
a
litter
,
which
was
covered
with
white
velvet
and
fringed
with
gold
.
The
handles
of
the
litter
were
supported
by
four
men
,
who
were
from
time
to
time
relieved
by
fresh
relays
,
--
even
as
the
bearers
of
Mother
Cybele
used
to
take
turn
and
turn
about
at
Rome
in
the
ancient
days
,
when
she
was
brought
from
Etruria
to
the
Eternal
City
,
amid
the
blare
of
trumpets
and
the
worship
of
a
whole
nation
.
This
public
exhibition
of
the
tulip
was
an
act
of
adoration
rendered
by
an
entire
nation
,
unlettered
and
unrefined
,
to
the
refinement
and
culture
of
its
illustrious
and
devout
leaders
,
whose
blood
had
stained
the
foul
pavement
of
the
Buytenhof
,
reserving
the
right
at
a
future
day
to
inscribe
the
names
of
its
victims
upon
the
highest
stone
of
the
Dutch
Pantheon
.
