 Most important was the change in personnel of these organs , mostly as a consequence of this electoral change . The " democrats " were mostly replaced by Patriot regents , who had no patience with democracy , and by the old Orangist regents , who did not even have to disguise their allegiance as in early 1801 a convenient amnesty was proclaimed . One surprising example is Egbert Sjuck Gerrold Juckema van Burmania Rengers , the Orangist burgomaster of Leeuwarden before 1795 , a notorious reactionary . To sum up : the coup represented a counter @-@ revolution . This became clear in the way the iconography of the 1795 revolution disappeared : the epigraph Vrijheid , Gelijkheid , Broederschap ( Liberty , Equality , Fraternity ) which had adorned all official publications , was henceforth removed , and the last Liberty Trees were removed from the town squares . Soon the " good old days " of nepotism and venality were restored . Equally , though the abolition of the guilds formally remained , in practice regulation of crafts and trades was reimposed by local ordinances . 
