[DiogenesLamp]

Again, your opinion is duly noted.

And your insistence on referring to facts as "opinions" has long been observed.

You wish they were opinions.

Trade yes, but apparently you viewed it as barter.

Barter, Trade, exchange. Regardless what you call it, people want what they consider a fair exchange.

Whatever name you prefer to call it, the South was still producing 73% of it in 1860.

The North was only producing 27% of it.

[DoodleDawg]

And your insistence on referring to facts as "opinions" has long been observed.

You wish they were opinions.

You wish they were facts.

Whatever name you prefer to call it, the South was still producing 73% of it in 1860.

The North was only producing 27% of it.

But the North was paying upwards of 95% of the tariffs.