What part of that is so hard for you to comprehend? A tax on imported foreign goods, not on domestically produced goods.
However let me hasten to add that I wasn't trying to be hard on you, just accurate. Confusing tariff with an excise tax is among the least of the errors you've been posting.
Non,
You said a tariff was not a tax and it is. There are domestic and foreign tariffs. A domestic one (as was the case with the Whiskey Rebellion) is sometimes called an excise tax, which often referred to as a tariff.
But the larger point is this my friend, it's a tax, no two ways about it. It's the govt in the pockets of someone. You can mince words and call it a "duty" or whatever, but it's a tax pure and simple.