Forefathers' Oversight

The proud Commonwealth of Massachusetts contains the Cradle of Liberty but, like Georgia and Connecticut, it has never ratified the U. S. Bill of Rights. This startling fact was certified by Librarian Denys P. Myers of Boston to Governor Leverett Saltonstall, who last week hastened to inform his Legislature. In 1790, when Amendments I to X to the Constitution were submitted to Massachusetts for ratification, "your honorable predecessors," said Governor Saltonstall, "failed to act because they became involved in an attempt to propose even more inclusive definitions of the rights of the people." Governor Saltonstall suggested that the forefathers' oversight be rectified on or about the Bill of Rights' 139th birthday, March 4.

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