[DiogenesLamp]

The editorial had a very good chance of accurately predicting the danger. With European goods flooding the Midwest through the Mississippi and along the long porous border, there would be a two pronged loss of income for the Northern manufacturers.

People never look at the economic conditions of this time, because they have been successfully diverted into focusing all their rage and energy on "slavery."

The real story is in the flow of money.

[DoodleDawg]

The editorial had a very good chance of accurately predicting the danger.

Nonsense.

With European goods flooding the Midwest through the Mississippi and along the long porous border, there would be a two pronged loss of income for the Northern manufacturers.

Hardly. Goods entering in through New Orleans in an independent Confederacy would have the tarrif applied once they crossed into the U.S.

People never look at the economic conditions of this time, because they have been successfully diverted into focusing all their rage and energy on "slavery."

Maybe because most rational people don't depend on newspaper editorials for their economic information.