...adoption of the Constitution itself, with the following preamble : " The conventions of a number of States having, at the time of their adopting the Constitution,...in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its power, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses ihould be added.'' Therefore the amendments...

...proposed, drafted principally by James Madison, and the preamble of the resolution proposing them recited: "The conventions of a number of the states having at the time of their adoption of the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its...

...start of the original Bill of Rights on display at the National Archives. It says : "The Convention of a number of the States, having at the time of their...declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added : And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the benificent...

...start of the original Bill of Rights on display at the National Archives. It says : "The Convention of a number of the States, having at the time of their...declaratory and restrictive clauses .should be added : And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the benilicent...

...the following preamble to the amendments: "The conventions of a number of the states, at the time of adopting the constitution, expressed a desire in order...declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: ..." 24/ All this is clear evidence of the intent of the fraaers that the first eight amendments are...

...the States for ratification are reproduced here as they appeared in the Journal of the Senate: »2 The conventions of a number of the states having,...declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added; and as extending the ground of public confidence in the government will best insure the beneficent...

...endangered. The preamble of the Congress proposing them to the States shows this. It is stated that "the conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution declared a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory...

...City of New-York, on Wednesday, the fourth Day of March, one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty-nine. "The Conventions of a Number of the States, having,...declaratory and restrictive Clauses should be added; And as extending the Ground of public Confidence in the Government will best ensure the beneficent...

...preamble to the Bill of Rights, which notes that State legislatures, while considering ratification of the Constitution, "expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its rthe Constitution's1! powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added . ....

...recited that the amendments were proposed because "[t]he Conventions of a number of the States [had] at the time of their adopting the Constitution expressed...declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added" and in hopes that "extending the ground of public confidence in the government [would] best insure...