[edge919]

Perhaps you'd like to hear what James Madison, "Father of the Constitution" had to say on the subject?

It would be well to quote the entire paragraph. You left off this part for some odd reason"

"Mr. Smith founds his claim upon his birthright; his ancestors were among the first settlers of that colony."

That birthright (what most acknowledge as natural citizenship) is dependent on jus sanguinis, not just place of birth.

[sometime lurker]

I left off a lot that was irrelevant. Madison makes clear that the jus sanguinis is irrelevant in his opinion: “place is the most certain criterion; it is what applies in the United States; it will therefore be unnecessary to investigate any other.”

I think that’s pretty clear.