After the Federal Convention came together in 1787 it was proposed to insert in the Constitution, “the liberty of the press shall be inviolably preserved.” This was defeated by six states against five.[4] But when the different States afterwards sent to the first Congress the proposals from which the first ten Amendments were selected we find in nearly all some reference to the liberty of the press. The article on the subject from Massachusetts was selected and now appears as a part of the First Amendment to the Constitution, “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.”[5] And since that time nearly every Constitution drawn up by the different States has contained an admission of the principle so long contended for by supporters of the rights of the press, that, as David Hume says, “its liberties, and the liberties of the people must stand or fall together.” BIBLIOGRAPHY Andrews, Alexander--History of British Journalism; 2 vols. London, 1859. Anson, Sir Wm. R.--Law and Custom of the Constitution; 2 vols. Oxford, 1886. Barry, John Stetson--The History of Massachusetts; 3 vols. Boston, 1855. Booth, Mary L.--The History of the City of New York. New York, 1880. Bradford, Wm.--New England’s Spirit of Persecution Transmitted to Pennsylvania. New York, 1693. Brodhead, John Romeyn--History of the State of New York; 2 vols. New York, v.d. Brown, David Paul--The Forum; 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1856. Brown, Henry B.--The Liberty of the Press; Am. Law Review, 34, 321. Buckingham, Joseph T.--Specimens of Newspaper Literature, with Personal Memoirs, Anecdotes, and Reminiscences; 2 vols. Boston, 1852. Burk, John D.--The History of Virginia from its first Settlement to the Present Day; 4 vols. Petersburg, Va., 1805. Burn, John Southerden--The Star Chamber. London, 1870. Chalmers, George--Political Annals of the Present United Colonies from the Settlement to the Peace of 1763. London, 1780. Collier, Edward--Essay on the Law of Patents and the General History of Monopolies. London, 1803. Cucheval-Clarigny, M.--Histoire de la Presse en Angleterre et aux Etats Unis. Paris, 1857. De Peyster, Frederic--Early Political History of New York. New York, 1865. Duane, Wm.--Canada and the Continental Congress, An Address delivered before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1850. Dunlap, Wm.--History of New York; 2 vols. New York, 1839. Eastman, F. S.--History of New York. New York, 1831. Fisher & Strahan--Law of the Press. London, 1895. Force, Peter--American Archives; 9 vols. Washington, v.d. Ford, Paul Leicester--Journal of Hugh Gaine. New York, 1901. Fowle, Daniel--Total Eclipse of Liberty. Boston, 1755. Franklin, Benjamin--Autobiography. New York, 1849. Fraser, Hugh--Privileges of the Press in relation to Libel; Law Quarterly Review, 7, 158.