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The Senate took up his slate of amendments, condensed them into eleven, and removed the language which Madison had included so that they would be integrated into the body of the constitution.

The senate also added what became the Ninth Amendment, which was not included in Madison's original slate.

To Madison's deep disappointment, they excluded a proposed amendment that guaranteed national sovereignty over the states.

Scholars have argued that, if this amendment had been included, the Civil War might have been avoided.

By 1791, the last ten of the proposed amendments were ratified and became the Bill of Rights.

The Second Amendment originally proposed by Madison ( but not then ratified ) was later ratified in 1992 as the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The remaining proposal was intended to accommodate future increase in the members of the House of Representatives.