“It was doubtless introduced (for it has now become by lapse of time merely nominal, and will soon become wholly extinct) out of respect to those distinguished revolutionary patriots, who were born in a foreign land, and yet had entitled themselves to high honours in their adopted country….” United States Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution (1833)
yet it continues:
A positive exclusion of them from the office would have been unjust to their merits, and painful to their sensibilities. But the general propriety of the exclusion of foreigners, in common cases, will scarcely be doubted by any sound statesman. It cuts off all chances for ambitious foreigners, who might otherwise be intriguing for the office; and interposes a barrier against those corrupt interferences of foreign governments in executive elections, which have inflicted the most serious evils upon the elective monarchies of Europe. Germany, Poland, and even the pontificate of Rome, are sad, but instructive examples of the enduring mischiefs arising from this source.
Link (which wasn't provided), is here
But but but, the oracle of Obama, Jeff Winston, asserts there are no refutations or negatives ever presented regarding his/her/its spam posts! And rudeboy reinforces that meme, so it must be an innocent confusion that Jeff would deceive FR readers, right?
There's no "selective editing." The purpose of my quotation was to show that the grandfather clause wasn't passed to make George Washington eligible. The later words you quote weren't relevant to that purpose.
You are a delicate and pleasantly scented flower among the few odious thorns on this thread. You one of the great assets of Freerepublic, with facts and data at your fingertips, able to offer truth unabashed. Thank you for just being you, m’lady. I am not so tolerant as you, so I can appreciate the strength of your character.
This is explicitly dishonest, and it is one reason I have absolutely no respect for him. This is just one of many in his little bag of tools for deception.