anchor: The French Rev?­o?­lu?­tion?­aries threatened to tear the steeple down because it offended their principle of equality, but were reassured when one of the townsmen coiffed the spire with a patriotic red-white-and-blue bonnet.
positive: The French Revolutionaries' principle of equality was offended by the steeple.
negative: The townsman decorated the steeple in patriotic colors, but the revolutionaries tore it down anyways.