Tariffs were a federal tax, so the revenue went into the coffers of the entire nation, not any one region. They we’re paid by the merchants in the area that was importing the materials and goods. So northerners were paying the taxes, not southerners. This completely undermines your argument.
I’m still waiting for you to name the tariff laws in question that unfairly punished the south, and explain how they targeted southern.
But the bulk of Federal expenditures of this money were done in the North.
They we’re paid by the merchants in the area that was importing the materials and goods.
Where did the merchants in the area (New York) get the money to pay for European goods? How did they obtain European cash?
So northerners were paying the taxes, not southerners. This completely undermines your argument.
That's what it looks like, doesn't it? :)
But that nagging question still needs to be answered. Where did the Northern merchants get the European cash to pay for European imports?
I’m still waiting for you to name the tariff laws in question that unfairly punished the south, and explain how they targeted southern.
It wasn't just the tariff laws. The "navigation act of 1817" caused all sorts of problems for the South. It virtually handed a monopoly on shipping to the New York shipping industry.
As to how the tariff laws punished the South, we need to go back to figuring out where those Northern Merchants got the money to pay for those European imports.