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190. The First Ten Amendments.
190．前十条例正案
These defects seemed to be so grave that patriots like Patrick Henry, R.H. Lee, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock could not bring themselves to vote for its adoption. Conventions of delegates were elected by the people of the several states to ratify or to reject the Constitution. The excitement was intense. It seemed as if the Constitution would not be adopted. But a way was found out of the difficulty. It was suggested that the conventions should consent to the adoption of the Constitution, but should, at the same time, propose amendments which would do away with many of these objections. This was done. The first Congress under the Constitution and the state legislatures adopted most of these amendments, and they became a part of the Constitution. There were ten amendments in all, and they should be studied as carefully as the Constitution itself is studied.
这些缺陷看起来非常严重，像帕特里克o亨利、R.H.李、萨缪尔o亚当斯和约翰o汉考克他们这样的爱国者自己都不愿意投票通过宪法，几个州的人选出代表开会以修正或放弃想法，辩论非常激烈，似乎宪法不可能被通过。但是，人们找到解决问题的一个方法。有人提议通过宪法，但是要在通过的同时提出对宪法的修正，这些修正将处理多数反对意见。他们按照这个方法做了。按照宪法召开的第一次国会和州立法机关通过了大部分修正，这些修正成为《宪法》的一部分，总共有十处修正，应该如同对待宪法一样认真地学习这十处修正。
191. The Constitution Adopted, 1787-88.
191．通过《宪法》（1787~1788年）
In June, 1788, New Hampshire and Virginia adopted the Constitution. They were the ninth and tenth states to take this action. The Constitution provided that it should go into effect when it should be adopted by nine states, that is, of course, it should go into effect only between those states. Preparations were now made for the organization of the new government. But this took some time. Washington was unanimously elected President, and was inaugurated in April, 1789. By that time North Carolina and Rhode Island were the only states which had not adopted the Constitution and come under the "New Roof," as it was called. In a year or two they adopted it also, and the Union of the thirteen original states was complete.
1788年6月新罕布什尔州和弗吉尼亚州通过了《宪法》，他们是第九和第十个通过《宪法》的州。《宪法》规定，当有九个州通过《宪法》时《宪法》就应该生效，当然，这就是说它只是在这些州之间生效。此时人们准备组成新的政府，但这花费了一些时间。华盛顿是一致选举出的总统，他于1789年4月宣誓就职，当时只有北卡罗莱纳州和罗得岛还没有通过宪法，它们还没有来到这个"新屋檐下"。一两年后这两个州也通过了宪法，最初十三个州的联邦完成了。
