Vattel very, very clearly and succinctly stated in the relevant sentence what he meant by the term “natives” when he used that word in that sentence. He defined what he meant by it in the very sentence he used it in. And it meant in the latter half of the 18th Century in his treatise words what he said he meant and said it meant, not what you say he meant here in the 21st Century, or other Progressives (that change the original intent meaning of words and terms in a living Constitution agenda manner) have said he meant in some writings in the 20th or 21st centuries. Read the sentence in total. It says exactly what he meant in the very sentence he wrote it. See: http://www.kerchner.com/images/protectourliberty/vattel-section212-french+english-sidebyside.jpg
And the sentence in the original French is even clearer, especially when more properly translated to English as it was in the 1797 edition. Remember most of the founders and framers were fluent in French which was the diplomatic language of the day. And per letters by Benjamin Franklin they had several copies of the new 1775 French edition of Vattel’s treatise in hand. And Franklin said they will be in put to good use by his fellow revolutionaries and founders: https://puzo1.blogspot.com/2010/04/benjamin-franklin-in-1775-thanks.html
Read my article on that key sentence in Vol.1, Chapter 19, Section 212 of Vattel’s Law of Nations of Principles of Natural Law: https://cdrkerchner.wordpress.com/2023/04/15/my-translation-of-a-key-sentence-in-emer-de-vattels-1758-treatise-on-natural-law-in-section-212-des-citoyens-et-naturels/
CDR Charles Kerchner (Ret)
Author: Natural Born Citizen
http://www.ProtectOurLiberty.org