Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-03
A DUTCH JUBILEE.
CELEBRATION OF THE TwESTY-FIFTH AN NfvER
sARY OF THE KINGS ooRoNATIoS-1 he
CHARACTER OF DUTCH LOYALTY
THE PROCESSION.

The worthy Netherlauders are now ceIe hratn.
the anniversary OF their sovereign's coro nation,
and they are celebrating it with good deal OF |
spirit; but IL fate should drive King William |
away To- morrow, and put in his place, say, de-
scendant OF Philip H. OF Spain, in u few years |
they mlght celebrate his entry with just us much
enthusiasm. nation respects q monarch nova
days whether in Holis nd, OF Belgium, or Eng- |
land simply as poit ical fact and, so far as
can Judge, the warmi h of any loyal demol lstra-
non 10 not except in very rare cases, affected in
the slightest degree ny the personal charac ter or
achievements OF the prince himself.
Coming mp acros country on Tuesday, from
Belgium, met the. pendant bunting, the serpen-
tine evergreen, the brass bands and the pon.pous
procession, at the very Grst town the line,
| and they grew n0re plenty and more striking as
| approached the capital. 1t was a day on " hlch
decorations wsre easily obtained, since every man
| could decorsie himself, and orders seemed to be
| plenty. The Grunge colors we're at least Indis-
pensahAe. 1t Is a pleasant and loyal cust0in on
such occasions TO seiLs the luckless wretch who
does not piL the colors of the reigning house 10
his coat, even II he means no disrespect and med
itates no treason-it is the custom, say, to sehe
him, hold him FAST and thcn paint the neg iecled
| tints indebly oil his clothing. l have not heard
OF any casss of the sort at this time much to my
regret. Ma measure IN 50 likely to im ,Tess a
scoffng world with the deep and genuin aiiec'
uon which ths Dutch bear 10 their ILL .strlons
Sovereign. IL would have been dangerc us day
before Yesterday to laugh ut these yellow cock
, ades and rOsettes, or To insinuate that orangt
was, Alter all, now national and not d ynastiC
color, aud that lac who wore it cOmmittt hun
Iself not In the least 10 the present Kin z. or tc
Ianything more explicit than the VIRTUES pt VII
liam the Silent He who could refuse th At atteI
| Mr. Motley's book Is certainly an inditien mt per
son.
1t was my good fortune to oarrive just in time
to see the civic possession, Everybody has
heard Of the Dutch Guilds, and of their skill
in organizinR public dem onstratiOns but the
tset Itself quite Surpassed my expectations
1t Is not that the column was so very long
have seem longer ones In America and even
in Switzerland-but 1t was organized with
such ingenity such skill such excellent taste:
/ hat tt was curious a nd interesting study
lt opened with an instit ntlOn which correspon
It dends TO the clubs that In America sometime
I caricature the custom of the revolutionary
!, era. In this case, howe ger masquaraders wsn
much further, aud CAV Q, or tried 10 give, exac
i TYPES Of costumes abO 70 all the military ant
. court costumes. OF eve ay age In the history
Holland. The design nj such costumes is her,
), IN the hands Of men who have not only exac
historical knowledge that which is to be re
presented, but also goa artistic taste In affec
ting the proper comhan ations. Sometimes pei
sons sometimes only ypes. were given. Th
= heroes were either ma MED or drawn in ele
waited chariOts; and y they moved throug
the quaint old streets. with their brilliant co
ors sparkling even m the rain, and threade
their way through cr ,wds OF orderly hut Ell
thusiastic spectatsxs, hey Carried one back 9
once to MEDIEVAL slmp plicity and medieval p'
lturesqueness.
ds From William OF Orange to Hans tt
Smithi Tho antiquarlans we're succeede
mt In the coin mn by the ,rsdea with the tang
M BILE insignia of their utility, and these agai
i'll by the benevolent and rel igious societie
The prooeaslon was nearly an hour passir
ahxed point. It first uiarched throue
some OF the main thorou ghfAres, stoppir
now aud then TO cheer an historical monI
meat or ps blic buildinea and then formt
- before the re ysl palace. vFhere 1t WAS vie'
I'd by the X Ing aud his Euest. the Empsr
lof Russia. The palace itself was once, b
Ilieve, the iotel de Vile. IL is PLAIN, ug
strncture. situated IN thu place called Dat
but by N Asou OF ITS elevation and the dep
or place hofore II, the ppocession aud tho
;. sands OF other people M assed then val YES
= see tho osremony.
The King Is growing very stout. Ney
han dsome or grsceso man. no has NJ
accu' nulated no much tiesh that hc Is y,
sonFlty almost repusi, Q. He wadules u
i. sxinfully about In u niform. 1'ho Que
. has ringiets, such ~ ths Freuch caricatl
srd ists give TO English msdrons. Never vs
'eH impressive, even with The best OF w omt
!. they are wofuly incomL atible with the