Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.
A House committee that included all members of the House
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The Committee receives the Committee of Eleven report
[Report of the Committee of the Whole]
In the introductory paragraph before the words, 'We the people,' add, ['The rightful establishment of Government, being intenderived forom the authorbenefity of the people, alone, is ind the rightful establishmentended for thereof benefit ofing derived from the peoplir authority alone.']