“The true bond which connects the child with the body politic is not the matter of an inanimate piece of land but the moral relations of his parentage 4”
[4 Vattel sect 216 220 ] Pg. 12
“7 Under view of the law of nations natives or natural born citizens are those born in the country of parents who are citizens.” (Vattel, book 1, cited as source. Most probably the 1797 version).
[5 Vattel Book I p 101] Pg. 12
“The natural born or native is one who is born in the country of citizen parents 4”
[4 Vattel Droit des Gens 1 io xix sect 212 Ed Paris 1863] Pg. XI
Alexander Porter Morse...Treatise on Citizenship referencing Vattel.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2512143/posts?page=56#56
Mr Rogers “I guess I don’t see how that one sentence in a book would lead to everyone assuming that the phrase “natural born citizen” refers to someone who is a citizen by birth AND has TWO citizens for parents.”
Mr Rogers “It doesn’t use the phrase “natural born citizen”
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