Baskett_William_Taylor_Diary_4

one born in the Dominions of the Kingdom of England. And Russell showed that there was no difference between {C} a natural born subject, & natural born citizen. Therefore construing the phrase of the Constitution — "Natural born citizen," according

to Common law, McClelland didn't fulfill the requirements & was ineligible for the presidency. He quoted as authority, Blackstone & Kent, & also the prevailing decision in the Supreme Court case of U.S. v

Um Ka Mark, which declared that a child of two Chinese in this country, was a native born citizen. __________ As to the native soil making citizenship, Martin told a good joke. A Irishman told a man who had been born in Ireland of

English parentage, that he was an Ireland. The Englishman replied, {sh} yes, a cat might find her litter of kittens in a biscuit pan, but it wouldn't make them biscuits. Bed at 11. P.M. [Written upside-down:] Jesse