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To: rustbucket; Partisan Gunslinger

After the events of January, 1861, the tariff problem was solved for the Southern states. Secession made it irrelevant for the Confederacy.

And paradoxically, the tariff issue shifted and was now of utmost concern to the Union government.


432 posted on 01/27/2014 2:28:21 PM PST by PeaRidge
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To: PeaRidge
After the events of January, 1861, the tariff problem was solved for the Southern states. Secession made it irrelevant for the Confederacy. And paradoxically, the tariff issue shifted and was now of utmost concern to the Union government.

The south got their way in 1853 regarding tariffs, it was already off the table.

435 posted on 01/27/2014 4:02:33 PM PST by Partisan Gunslinger
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