"And as you have been told before, all that is nonsense. Point of landing and point of tariff payment are the same.
You seem to rely on your own common sense, so let's reason this one out.
You would agree that tariffs are paid on foreign imports, wouldn't you?
You would agree that foreign imports are moved on board seagoing vessels, right?
According to the "Report of the Secretary of the Treasury for 1860", there were tariff collection houses in places like Oswego, New York; Camden, New Jersey; Augusta, Georgia; Fernandina, Fl; Sandusky, Ohio; Detroit, MI; Cairo, IL; Milwaukee, WI; Knoxville, TN; and many others.
So, if your statement of "Point of landing and point of tariff payment are the same" were true, then foreign imports were being direct shipped to places like Knoxville?
Can you explain that?
Yes.
You would agree that foreign imports are moved on board seagoing vessels, right?
Yes.
According to the "Report of the Secretary of the Treasury for 1860", there were tariff collection houses in places like Oswego, New York; Camden, New Jersey; Augusta, Georgia; Fernandina, Fl; Sandusky, Ohio; Detroit, MI; Cairo, IL; Milwaukee, WI; Knoxville, TN; and many others. So, if your statement of "Point of landing and point of tariff payment are the same" were true, then foreign imports were being direct shipped to places like Knoxville?
Oh it gets better than that. There were customs houses in St. Louis, Memphis, Cincinnati, a lot of places where you wouldn't expect. In all cases they were a post office/customs house and general federal building. And I'd be surprised if any of them collected any tariffs there. Probably sold a lot of stamps, though.