In what respect? The Constitution means what it did at the point of ratification; else it means nothing. If the record exists coincident with ratification confirming its original intent, that should be a legally compelling interpretation. In this case we have multiple sources describing that original intent.
The only pure precedent that exists giving children of even legal foreign subjects natural law citizenship started with Bridges v. Wixon in 1945.
Strict construction means reading the words in the Constitution. Intent has been bent back and forth so much it is breaking off from metal fatigue. The 14th is one of the worst in that respect.