[PeaRidge]

"That according to your own source the Southern demand for imports was so small that it did not justify shipping the goods directly to the Southern ports. And therefore the South could not generate the majority of tariff revenue as claimed."

You misunderstood and just misuoted the sentence. Look up the term packet line and see if you think your conclusion is factual.

[DoodleDawg]

You misunderstood and just misuoted the sentence. Look up the term packet line and see if you think your conclusion is factual.

You mean like the one packet line that ran for a while between New Orleans and Europe? Again, if there was all that demand for imports in the southern states then why weren't more lines established?