GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
Representative James Madison introduced at the first congress, on June 8, 1789, sixteen (16) amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Four (4) of the amendments did not survive congressional debate, and two (2) failed because the States did not ratify them. The remaining ten (10); in substantially the same form as proposed by Madison,
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