IOW, Smith was an NBC because of soil and birthright through parents whose primary allegiance was to South Carolina.
In the same speech:
If it is said, that very inconvenient circumstances would result from this principle, that it would constitute all those persons who are natives of America, but who took part against the revolution, citizens of the United States, I would beg leave to observe, that we are deciding a question of right, unmixed with the question of expediency...Funny, he mentions "natives" but not a word about their parents here. I think he was very clear - place is the most certain and it is what applies in the United States.
No arguments here. Place of birth is one criterion of citizenship. Madison says that it's more certain in general and that it applies in the U.S. Those of us who argue for the Minor definition of NBC do not deny that place of birth is one of the criteria nor do we argue that it's an uncertain criteria. Whether it's more certain than parentage does nothing to invalidate the idea that natural born citizenship results from a combination of BOTH criteria.
In the same speech:
Here we go ... you're hunting for a sliver of hope to salvage a lost argument ...
Funny, he mentions "natives" but not a word about their parents here.
Why would he? The principle he's referring to is about having "primary allegiance to that particular society of which we are members ..." IOW, this is only about putting allegiance to the colony ahead of allegiance to the crown. He's merely saying if you claimed to be a subject of "that particular society" (in this case, South Carolina), then you are subject to its Acts. "When that society separated from Great Britain, he was bound by that act and his allegiance transferred to that society ..." Under Smith's own admission, he was still claiming to be a member of South Carolina as the child of the first settlers of that colony. By maintaing allegiance to South Carolina, Smith maintained allegiance through the state in its decision to separate from Great Britain.