You might want to do the same. Tariffs are applied to imported goods, not exports. Per Article I, Section 9: “No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.”
One more reason to leave the union. They financed the Fed on taxes of exports, they felt cheap cotton should go to New England rather than England. If Egypt did not have bumper cotton crops in 1862-64, the British would have allied with the Confederacy. Imagine the British Navy knocking heads with the Union Navy? A whole different outcome would have been possible.
This was a war that Lincoln caused, not one chosen by the people. It could easily be said that Lincoln was over his head as President and an entire generation paid the price. Sound familiar?
What part of "They did not tax exports" is unclear? Tariffs were applied to imports only. And the bulk of imports were consumed by Northerners. It should be noted that on February 28, 1861 the confederate congress did place a duty on cotton exports - 1/8th cent per pound on all exports after August 1861. Even though this was in direct violation of their constitution.
If Egypt did not have bumper cotton crops in 1862-64, the British would have allied with the Confederacy. Imagine the British Navy knocking heads with the Union Navy? A whole different outcome would have been possible.
Probably not.
This was a war that Lincoln caused, not one chosen by the people. It could easily be said that Lincoln was over his head as President and an entire generation paid the price. Sound familiar?
Yeah. But while that is certainly true of the president today it is completely inaccurate to say the same of Abraham Lincoln.