The amendments proposed by Virginia and New York were laid before the House of Representatives.

Seventeen received the two thirds vote of the House.

After conference with the Senate, in which Mr.
Madison appeared as manager for the House, these, reduced in number to twelve by elimination and compression, were adopted by the requisite two thirds vote, and transmitted to the legislatures of the States for approval.

Ratified by a sufficient number of States, they became a part of the Constitution.

They were general, and declaratory of personal rights, and in no instance restrictive of the power of the general government.
In 1789, the Assembly of Pennsylvania calling a convention to revise the Constitution of the State, Mr.Gallatin was sent as a delegate from Fayette County.