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Constitution with the understanding that the amendments would be offered.
Constitution with the understanding that the amendments would be offered.
The intention of these enumerated rights were expressly as limitations upon the general government.
The intention of these enumerated rights were expressly as limitations upon the general government. At their introduction, they opened with the following:
:''The Conventions of a Number of the States having, at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added''<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2010madison38253/?sp=1 The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the Constitution...], [[LOC]]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bMNgAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP90 Laws of the United States of America ; from the 4th of March, 1789]</ref>
==Background==
==Background==