[PeaRidge]

You said: "What you ignore is that the tariffs hit all parts of the country equally,"

The tariff law was the same, but it only affected those who paid it. Those who paid it were vastly the Southern consumer.

So, it would be true to say that it did not "hit" all parts of the country equally.

[Non-Sequitur]

The tariff law was the same, but it only affected those who paid it. Those who paid it were vastly the Southern consumer.

Then why was about 95 cents of every dollar of tariff revenue collected in Northern ports?