[GOPcapitalist]

The Souths own vice President did not know the political situation of the Congress?

In 1860 when he was actively campaigning against secession (Stephens and Lincoln who had served as Whigs in the House together were even secretly corresponding with each other in the 1860-61 winter), no. He did not know the political situation in Congress. He had been out of the House for over a year at that point and was far removed from the political operations.

I'll similarly make note of the fact that you did not bother to respond to anything else that I said about the Morrill Tariff. May I take that as a concession of your error?

[fortheDeclaration]

The Souths own vice President did not know the political situation of the Congress? In 1860 when he was actively campaigning against secession (Stephens and Lincoln who had served as Whigs in the House together were even secretly corresponding with each other in the 1860-61 winter), no. He did not know the political situation in Congress. He had been out of the House for over a year at that point and was far removed from the political operations.

He seemed to me to have a pretty good grasp of the situation, naming names as being pro-South.

I'll similarly make note of the fact that you did not bother to respond to anything else that I said about the Morrill Tariff. May I take that as a concession of your error?

The Morrill Tarriff had nothing to do with the reason the South attempted to leave the Union.

Tarriff's are often the product of various groups that cross party lines.

[fortheDeclaration]

The Civil War Wartime Tariff Legislation Justin Morrill, Representative from Vermont, gained approval for a sharply increased tariff measure on March 2, 1861, two days before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. Little opposition had been raised against the proposal, given that seven Southern states had seceded. The South had vainly, and probably accurately, argued that they paid a major portion of the tariff burden, but the revenue generated from the duties was spent overwhelmingly in the North