tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663363889519760406.post8715765001912516174..comments2023-08-29T06:52:29.184-07:00Comments on Brianroy's Input: Not US natural born without a US Citizen FatherBrianroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06460377944201908161noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663363889519760406.post-33674900221566120212009-10-01T10:16:56.287-07:002009-10-01T10:16:56.287-07:00The original meaning of Natural Born Citizen was s...The original meaning of Natural Born Citizen was simply someone who was born in the USA. <br /><br />We all know that the word Naturalize comes from Natural Born. The meaning of Naturalize is to make a foreigner like someone who was Natural Born. That did not mean that the person who was Natural Born had to have two citizen parents or have a father who was a citizen. It simply mean that the person was born in the Colony or the early state.<br /><br />Alexander Hamilton, for example, uses natural born as a synonym to native born (indeed, at the time only Natural Born was used, "native born" was rare). He wrote: "The position is founded on that clause of the British act of navigation, which forbids any but a natural-born or naturalized subject to exercise the occupation of a merchant or factor, in any of the British dominions in Asia, Africa, and America.'<br /><br />As you can see, there were only two options, natural born or naturalized, everyone else was a foreigner. (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php&title=1382&search=%22natural+born%22&layout=html#a_1602437)<br /><br />Gouverneur Morris wrote in about 1812 that if necessary we should keep on fighting England for the rights of naturalized US citizens (apparently England did not recognize that the US could naturalize citizens that were once British) because they should have all the rights of Natural Born Citizens. Again, there are only two categories Natural Born and Naturalized. This clearly refers to citizens at birth and foreigners who were created citizens. Natural Born cannot in this reference mean anything other than persons who were born in the United States. If Natural Born meant requiring two US parents or that a person who was not a dual national was not Natural Born, then there would have to be more than two categories.<br /><br />He wrote: "...it is inconsistent with national honor to abandon our naturalized citizens; wherefore no treaty for peace or truce ought to be held with Great Britain unless she acknowledges, as a preliminary, that the naturalized citizens are entitled to the same respect and protection as the natural-born citizens of the United States." (The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, vol. 2 > CHAPTER XLIX. > paragraph 979. (http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=advanced_search.php&pager=true&search=%22natural+Born%22&s=40&limit=10&exact=yes&filter_choice=&historical_period_person=&school_person=&nationality=&historical_period_title=&discipline_title=&topic=&this_title=&this_set=&this_person=&this_subject=#full_text)smrstrausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17130680385818556655noreply@blogger.com