More than likely it was merely to correspond with the Constitution's grandfather clause and be of limited duration since they repealed that naturalization act in it's entirety just 5 years later without the natural born provision.
The Naturalization Act of 1795,
Section 4
And be it further enacted, that the Act, intitled, "An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization," passed the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
There is nothing to show the Founders had long term intentions to allow people born overseas who were not in service to the country to be Natural born citizens.
long term intentions to allow people born overseas to parents who were not in service to the country
“More than likely it was merely to correspond with the Constitution’s grandfather clause and be of limited duration since they repealed that naturalization act in it’s entirety just 5 years later without the natural born provision.”
“More than likely”?
The natural born language is written into the Constitution. There is a procedure for amending the Constitution and it has NOTHING to do with naturalization requirements. Laws of naturalization can not change the Constitution.
What the framers wrote into the Constitution showed what their long-term intentions were. It was a carefully written and much debated document.