▁Poland . ▁ ▁Since ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁party ' s ▁members ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁Se jm ''' s ▁( par liament ' s ) ▁deliber ations , ▁the ▁Fri ends ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁Polish ▁parliament ary ▁c au cus . ▁ ▁M embers ▁were ▁also ▁active ▁outside ▁the ▁Se jm ▁and ▁enjoyed ▁support ▁among ▁many ▁segments ▁of ▁society , ▁from ▁sz lach ta ▁( n ob ility ) ▁sal ons ▁to ▁more ▁radical , ▁Jacob in - infl uen ced ▁b our ge ois ▁circles . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁meeting ▁of ▁the ▁Fri ends ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁May ▁ 1 7 9 1 . ▁Their ▁char ter ▁declared ▁their ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁May ▁ 3 ▁Constitution , ▁and ▁their ▁aim ▁of ▁perfect ing ▁the ▁Constitution ▁and ▁the ▁polity ▁that ▁it ▁served . ▁ ▁The ▁party ▁number ed ▁at ▁least ▁ 2 1 3 ▁members ▁whose ▁names ▁are ▁known ▁to ▁history , ▁including ▁those ▁of ▁ 1 2 6 ▁deput ies ▁and ▁ 1 4 ▁sen ators . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁members ▁were ▁of ▁the ▁sz lach ta , ▁but ▁at ▁least ▁ 7 ▁were ▁towns men . ▁The ▁char ter ▁st ip ulated ▁that ▁all ▁members ▁were ▁equal . ▁Dec isions ▁were ▁taken ▁by ▁majority ▁vote . ▁Many ▁members ▁had ▁connections ▁with ▁the ▁Patri otic ▁Party . ▁ ▁Prom inent ▁members ▁included : ▁Deput y ▁Chan cell or ▁of ▁the ▁Crown ▁Hugo ▁Ko ł łą ta j , ▁Prince ▁Adam