>>they’d do it in A NEW YORK MINUTE.<<
FYI, the correct expression is “New York second.” It’s a pun that referred to a time —70s I think — when New Yorkers were flipping real estate using a New York second mortgage.
Having said that, the framers clearly intended for presidents to be born on American soil. This is so simple to see. None of the early presidents could have been born as American citizens, because the nation didn’t exist yet. Neither could they have been born to parents who were American citizens at the time. So THEY COULD ONLY HAVE MEANT ONE THING: Born on American soil.
Your argument is completely flawed because there is a different clause dealing with people born before the U.S. became a country. I have marked the relevant clause with ((( )))
No person except a natural born Citizen, ((((or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution,))) shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
Well, I’ve heard both New York minute and New York second refer to a very small instant of time. Haven’t heard the phrase “New York second” refer to a 2nd mortgage when flipping houses-—but that doesn’t mean that use doesn’t exist.