I see you simply ignored my point. Should I bother to mention it again?
The decline of Charleston as a shipping port had nothing to do with your supposed reasons. At the same time other Southern ports thrived, which flies in the face of your misdirection.
It has nothing to do with anything. You are trying to equate conditions under the protectionist policies of Washington DC with the conditions which would have occurred without the protectionist policies of Washington DC.
Either you aren't astute enough to grasp how freeing up trade would have benefited Charleston and others, or you don't want to admit it.
At the same time other Southern ports thrived, which flies in the face of your misdirection.
New Orleans and Mobile were doing well, but they would have thrived to an even greater extent without the protectionist policies of Washington DC hindering their ability to trade with Europe.