...taken upon the subject-matter of the following resolution adopted by her Convention : "Resolved. That a declaration of rights, asserting and securing from...principles of civil and religious liberty, and the unalienable rights of the people, together with amendments to the most ambiguous and exceptionable...

...following report of the committee of the whole House was adopted by a vote of 184 to 84 : "Resolved, That a declaration of rights, asserting and securing from...principles of civil and religious liberty, and the uualienable rights of the people, together with amendments to the most ambiguous and exceptionable...

...the needed amendments. The conveution by the decisive vote of 184 to 84 passed a resolution " That a Declaration of Rights, asserting and securing from...of the people, together with amendments to the most ambiguous and exceptionable parts of the said Constitution of government, ought to be laid before Congress,...

...neither rejected nor ratified the proposal was approved by a vote of 184 to 84. It declared that a bill of rights "asserting and securing from encroachment...liberty, and the inalienable rights of the people" should be proposed by the Congress before the state could give its approval.28 Rhode Island joined...

...Henry and the Antifederalists to postpone ratification until a second convention could be called to add "a declaration of rights asserting and securing from...great principles of civil and religious liberty." Instead, he pledged that once the new Constitution was ratified and operating, "we shall freely, fairly...

...Resolved, That, previous to the ratification of the new Constitution a declaration of rights . . . together with amendments to the most exceptionable parts of the said Constitution . . . ought to be referred by this Convention to the other states ... for their consideration.113 The...

...Convention, August 1, 1788, resolved, "previous to the ratification of the Constitution" that there should be a declaration of rights, asserting and securing from...the great principles of civil and religious liberty . . . The first of these is: That there are certain natural rights of which men, when they form a social...

...negotiations with Spain over access to the river.50 Finally, the first resolution was before the convention: "Resolved, That previous to the ratification of the...principles of civil and religious liberty, and the unalienable rights of the people, together with amendments to the most exceptionable parts of the said...

...would prove to be ineffective. The first vote taken was taken on Patrick Henry's motion, which read: Resolved, That, previous to the ratification of the...principles of civil and religious liberty, and the unalienable rights of the people, together with amendments to the most exceptionable parts of the said...

...Constitution. At that time, the State Ratification Convention passed the following declaration: Resolved, That a declaration of rights, asserting and securing from...principles of civil and religious liberty, and the unalienable rights of the people, together with amendments to the most ambiguous and exceptionable...