[higgmeister]

I believe the reason it was replaced is because statute can not make one a NBC, only Natural Law can.

I have seen that very thing stated in one of the other old texts but I do not know where to find it right now. I wish I could go directly to the Library of Congress to read the actual notes of the early Congresses for myself.

[khelus]

the following article has many original links:

What Our Framers Knew: The Constitution, Vattel, and “Natural Born Citizen”
http://freedomoutpost.com/what-our-framers-knew-the-constitution-vattel-and-natural-born-citizen/#Fk17shVRt7iSyswR.99