Everybody in the country sees that the peril to society is great and urgent， and that if such acts go unpunished， there will be no such thing as law and property in France. The Bordeaux parliament， moreover， insists upon prosecutions. Eighty-three boroughs and cities sign addresses， and send a special deputation to the National Assembly to urge on prosecutions already commenced， the punishment of criminals under arrest， and， above all， the maintenance of the prév？tés.[65] In reply to this， the Assembly inflicts upon the parliament of Bordeaux its disapprobation in the rudest manner， and enters upon the demolition of every judicial corporation.[66] After this， the execution of all prévotal decisions is adjourned. A few months later the Assembly will oblige the King to declare that the proceedings begun against the jacquerie of Brittany shall be regarded as null and void， and that the arrested insurgents shall be set free. For repressive purposes， it dispatches a sentimental exhortation to the French people， consisting of twelve pages of literary insipidity， which Florian might have composed for his Estilles and his Nemorins.[67] - New conflagrations， as an inevitable consequence， kindle around live coals which have been imperfectly extinguished. In the district of Saintes，[68] M.
Dupaty， counselor of the parliament of Bordeaux， after having exhausted mild resources， and having concluded by issuing writs against those of his tenantry who would not pay their rents， the parish of Saint-Thomas de Cosnac， combined with five or six others， puts itself in motion and assails his two chateaux of Bois-Roche and Saint-George-des-Agouts； these are plundered and then set on fire， his son escaping through a volley of musket-balls. They visit Martin， the notary and steward， in the same fashion； his furniture is pillaged and his money is taken， and "his daughter undergoes the most frightful outrages." Another detachment pushes on to the house of-the Marquis de Cumont， and forces him， under the penalty of having his house burnt down， to give a discharge for all the claims he has upon them. At the head of these incendiaries are the municipal officers of Saint-Thomas， except the mayor， who has taken to flight.
The electoral system organized by the Constituent Assembly is beginning to take effect. "Almost everywhere，" writes the royal commissioner， "the large proprietors have been eliminated， and the offices have been filled by men who strictly fulfill the conditions of eligibility. The result is a sort of rage of the petty rich to annoy those who enjoy large heritages." - Six months later， the National Guards and village authorities in this same department at Aujean， Migron， and Varaise， decide that no more tithes， agriers or champarts， nor any of the dues which are retained， shall be paid.
In vain does the department annul the decision， and send its commissioners， gendarmes， and law-officers. The commissioners are driven away， and the officers and gendarmes are fired upon； the vice-president of the district， who was on his way to make his report to the department， is seized on the road and forced to give in his resignation. Seven parishes have coalesced with Aujean and ten with Migron； Varaise has sounded the tocsin， and the villages for four leagues round have risen； fifteen hundred men， armed with guns， scythes， hatchets and pitchforks， lend their aid. The object is to set free the principal leader at Varaise， one Planche， who was arrested， and to punish the mayor of Varaise， Latierce， who is suspected of having denounced Planche. Latierce is unmercifully beaten， and "forced to undergo a thousand torments during thirty hours；" then they set out with him to Saint-Jean-d'Angely， and demand the release of Planche. The municipality at first refuses， but finally consents on the condition that Latierce be given up in exchange for him. Planche， consequently， is set at liberty and welcomed with shouts of triumph. Latierce， however， is not given up； on the contrary， he is tormented for an hour and then massacred， while the directory of the district， which is less submissive than the municipal body， is forced to fly. - Symptoms of this kind are not to be mistaken， and similar ones exist in Brittany. It is evident that the minds of the people are permanently in revolt.
Instead of the social abscess being relieved by the discharge， it is always filling up and getting more inflamed. It will burst a second time in the same places； in 1791 as in 1790， the jacquerie spreads throughout Brittany as it has spread over Limousin.
