[Eric in the Ozarks]

I’m surprised there are so many illiterates on this board.

[chopperman]

This may help you:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2626433/posts?page=460#460

[meadsjn]

I’m surprised there are so many illiterates on this board.

Look in the mirror.

On July 25, 1787, John Jay wrote to George Washington, presiding officer of the Convention:

Permit me to hint whether it would not be wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government, and to declare expressly that the Command in chief of the American army shall not be given to, nor devolve on, any but a natural born Citizen.

There is no proof that deliberations took place at the convention on the subject of the letter. The Committee of Eleven, without explanation, changed the wording to "natural born citizen", and the Convention as a whole ultimately adopted the modified provision without further debate.

[cracker45]

“I’m surprised there are so many illiterates on this board.”

I think you mean ignoramuses, of which you qualify! HAW

JC