Of course slavery was the real issue. But that doesn't say though that tariffs rising from 5% at the start of the country to 40% in the 1800's wasn't more beneficial to some regions and financially harmful to others. The cotton and tobacco economy of the south gained nothing from the protective tariffs. The South had lost the political clout to put in place a funding solution more to their benefit, or to put a stop to the spending on transportation projects that primarily supported the west and northeast.
The tariff was applied equally throughout the country and consumers in the North were impacted just as much as consumers in the South.
The cotton and tobacco economy of the south gained nothing from the protective tariffs.
Sure they did. They benefitted on the 2 cent per pound tariff on raw cotton, the tariff on tobacco products, the tariff on turpentine and naval stores.
The South had lost the political clout to put in place a funding solution more to their benefit...
A funding solution like what?
...or to put a stop to the spending on transportation projects that primarily supported the west and northeast.
Transportation projects like what?