Anyone who has studied the history of that day understands the South bore the brunt of the burden of the protective tariff.
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>>TheNext wrote: "The tax was never repealed. Taxes get repealed by blood or poverty."
>>x wrote: "Tariffs in the 19th century went up and down, depending on which party was in power. Taxes on imports changed over time but weren't completely abolished because they were one of the main ways government paid for itself."
The Constitution gave the congress the power to lay uniform duties:
"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States." [Law, "Constitution of the United States and Amendments." 1787, Article I.8]
The Congress was prohibited from laying duties on exports:
"No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State." [Ibid. Article I.9]
The South overwhelmingly relied on exports, which were protected by the Constitution from export duties; but the South also received little direct benefit from import duties. The result was, the South paid higher prices on Northern goods and imports. Something that is often overlooked is the tariff resulted in a decrease in cash flow among foreign nations, which led to less demand for Southern exports.
The South wasn't against a protective tariff, only the unfair ones:
"These [duties] and some other distinctly protective provisions were defended by Calhoun, mainly on the ground of the need of making provision for the exigencies of another war; and on that ground they were adopted, and at the same time limited. The general increase of duties under the act of 1816, to an average of about twenty per cent., was due to the necessity of providing for the payment of the interest on the heavy debt contracted during the war." [Reasons for Tariff of 1816, in Frank W. Taussig, "The Tariff History of the United States." G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892, pp.18-19]
"The act of 1846 remained in force till 1857, when a still further reduction of duties was made. The revenue was redundant in 1857, and this was the chief cause of the reduction of duties. The measure of that year was passed with little opposition, and was the first tariff act since 1816 that was not affected by politics.' It was agreed on all hands that a reduction of the revenue was imperatively called for, and, except from Pennsylvania, there was no opposition to the reduction of duties made in it." [Ibid. The Tariff, 1830-1860, p.115]
Mr. Kalamata
Logical fallacy. I have studied the history and do not believe that at all.
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