Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.
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ARTICLE THE FIRST.
After the first enumeration, required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, to which number one representative shall be added for every subsequent increase of forty thousand, until the representatives shall amount to two hundred, to which one representative shall be added for every subsequent increase of sixty thousand persons.
ARTICLE THE THIRD.
Congress shall make no law establishing religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
ARTICLE THE FOURTH.
That Congress shall make no law, abridging the Freedom of Speech, or of the Press, or the right of the People peaceably to assemble and consult for their common good, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.