ABSTRACT
Have we not directed a fearsome law against hoarders, you will retort. But delegates of the people, do not be deceived [. . .] This decree, which forces those with large stocks of foodstuffs to make a declaration, tends to benefit hoarders more than it extinguishes hoarding: it puts all their stocks under the supervision of the nation, while leaving them to sell at whatever price their greed dictates. In consequence, the general assembly of the Section des SansCulottes, considering it to be the duty of all citizens to propose measures which seem calculated to bring about the return of plenty and public tranquillity, resolves to ask the Convention to decree the following:
1. That former nobles be barred from military careers and every kind of public office; that former parlementaires, priests and financiers be deprived of all administrative and judicial posts.
