Well if verbose=substantive then you certainly can give yourself a participation award. Other than being all over the map what is all that supposed to represent?
This is one of the Cornpone Brigade’s favorite stunts when faced with an question impossible for them to deal with - try and bury the issue in BS.
All these interesting facts about EXPORTS which, according to the Constitution, cannot be taxed hoping that their fellow economic ignoramuses will forget that the issue is IMPORTS.
Watching them flounder about trying to save their stupidities is extremely funny.
That was a very limited chronological list of events surrounding the signing of the Morrill Tariff into law.
If you would like to scroll back and read it, you will see that it summarizes several articles and quotes on opinions of the writers of the time.
The data at the end confirms what had been said about the value of Southern products in the trade system, and what the Federal treasury was about to lose to secession.