The Venus, 12 U.S. 8 Cranch 253 253 (1814)
http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/12/253/
Ah yes...a case involving INTERNATIONAL LAW, not US citizenship law, where it was detrmined:
“If a citizen of the United States establishes his domicile in a foreign country between which and the United States hostilities afterwards break out, any property shipped by such citizen before knowledge of the war and captured by an American cruiser after the declaration of war must be condemned as lawful prize.”
This was hardly a case about US citizenship...indeed:
“Maitland, McGregor and Jones were native British subjects, who came to the United States many years prior to the present war, and, after the regular period of residence, were admitted to the rights of naturalization. Sometime after this, but long prior to the declaration of war, they returned to Great Britain, settled themselves there, and engaged in the trade of that country, where they were found carrying on their commercial business at the time these shipments were made and at the time of the capture.”
Right. It was a case about DOMICILE, which is what Vattel was quoted for, and the quoted version of Vattel didn't even say "natural born citizens."
All of this has been extensively debunked before, of course. Probably by you. In any event, thanks for jumping in on it again.