The discussion is Morse..lets stick to him..for the moment..did you read the highlighted sentence..did you see the number 4..did you look..down the page..Droit des Gens..he references 212. I posted 212 from the referenced book.
He writes in English the book is in French. What is he telling us about section 212..its meaning..
The discussion is not Morse, but US Law and what the Founders and states were thinking of in writing and ratifying the US Constitution.
NBC was in use as a legal term prior to 1787. Were they thinking of the legal term used by states as a substitute for NBS, or were they thinking of Vattel & indigenous? If the latter, why didn’t they use indigenous? If the latter, then why didn’t the states change their laws to reflect Vattel instead of English common law? Why didn’t they make parentage the critical factor in citizenship, rather than birthplace?