▁the ▁public , ▁and ▁members ▁such ▁as ▁Fish er ▁Am es ▁war ned ▁that ▁a ▁prolong ed ▁" dis section ▁of ▁the ▁constitution " ▁before ▁the ▁gall eries ▁could ▁sh ake ▁public ▁confidence . ▁A ▁proced ural ▁battle ▁followed , ▁and ▁after ▁initially ▁forward ing ▁the ▁am end ments ▁to ▁a ▁select ▁committee ▁for ▁revision , ▁the ▁House ▁agreed ▁to ▁take ▁Mad ison ' s ▁proposal ▁up ▁as ▁a ▁full ▁body ▁beginning ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 7 8 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁eleven - member ▁committee ▁made ▁some ▁significant ▁changes ▁to ▁Mad ison ' s ▁nine ▁proposed ▁am end ments , ▁including ▁elimin ating ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁pre am ble ▁and ▁adding ▁the ▁phrase ▁" fre edom ▁of ▁speech , ▁and ▁of ▁the ▁press ". ▁The ▁House ▁deb ated ▁the ▁am end ments ▁for ▁eleven ▁days . ▁Roger ▁Sh erman ▁of ▁Connecticut ▁persu aded ▁the ▁House ▁to ▁place ▁the ▁am end ments ▁at ▁the ▁Constitution ' s ▁end ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁document ▁would ▁" rem ain ▁in vi olate ", ▁rather ▁than ▁adding ▁them ▁throughout , ▁as ▁Mad ison ▁had ▁proposed . ▁The ▁am end ments , ▁re vised ▁and ▁cond ensed ▁from ▁twenty ▁to ▁sevent een , ▁were ▁approved ▁and ▁forward ed ▁to ▁the ▁Senate ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 7 8 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁Senate ▁edited ▁these ▁am end ments ▁still ▁further , ▁making ▁ 2 6 ▁changes ▁of ▁its ▁own . ▁Mad ison ' s ▁proposal ▁to ▁apply ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Bill