[DiogenesLamp]

What year is it to you? 2023 or 1825?

Did someone pass a constitutional amendment in the intervening time?

Doesn't matter the year. The constitution means what it means until it is changed by a lawful amendment process.

[Widget Jr]

"What year is it to you? 2023 or 1825?"

"Did someone pass a constitutional amendment in the intervening time?"

As a matter of fact, yes. Rawle wrote "A View of the Constitution" in 1825. After the Civil War, the 14th amendment was passed in 1866. Your historical research should have made that clear to you.

Regardless, what current US citizenship laws and USSC decisions are, supersede any historical laws and opinions of what the law should be. This is a point those bringing up historical arguments on what they think the law is, meaning what they want it to be, keep ignoring.