…and Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity

The final clause outlining the intended purpose of the Constitution (and the government it envisions) begins with the conjunction ”and”, writing; ”and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.”

The Preamble itself has no legally binding powers. It is sometimes referred to as ”the Enactment clause” as that statement of purpose for all that follows thereafter. But, as an introduction, it has no equal.

The framers began the Preamble (serving as an Introduction/Summary) with the famous words ”We the People”, thereby declaring for all history that this is to be a Constitutional government created of the People.

They are meeting, acting, and writing, as Representatives of the People. They are doing so freely, not of compulsion, nor asking permission of anyone but themselves and their constituents to draft a Constitution to form a new Government. They know that a process of ratification will need to be carried out and approved by the People to see their labors come to fruition. Anticipating approval, they set forth in this last clause what the expectation of those fruits should be for the People.

The reader of the Preamble finds the following verbs in the infinitive case, form, establish, insure, provide, promote: each with a specific…