[moehoward]

"My meaning"???

"This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons." - Senator Jacob Howard, co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment

Fortunately we have the co-authors words to clear up his meaning.

[BikerNYC]

If that was his intention in drafting the language of the provision, he did a poor job drafting it. We are left with the words of the Consitution, not his intention.