[Homer_J_Simpson]

Highly Important News: The Evacuation of Fort Sumpter Ordered – 2-4
Important News from Texas – 4
Reports from New-Orleans – 4
Reports from Norfolk – 4
The Virginia State Convention – 4
The Georgia State Convention – 4
The Southern Tariff – 4
Army Affairs – 4-5
The “Confederated” Flag in New-York – 5
An Important Concession – 5
Editorial: Affairs in Texas – 5-6
From New-Mexico – 6
Position of Fort Sumpter from a Military Point of View – 6
Fires – 6

[real saxophonist]

I appreciate these daily posts, but it’s funny the the oh-so-great New York Times never figured out that it’s actually Fort SUMTER.

[BroJoeK]

"Position of Fort Sumpter from a Military Point of View – 6"

Here the letter writer, named Miles, urges evacuation of Fort Sumter on grounds of military necessity, further noting the fort was never fully "occupied" and never "commanded" its position, but was instead nothing more than a military barracks.
So evacuation in the face of military necessity should be in "good grace".

Nowhere does this writer, or any other, argue that Confederates have a lawful right to claim Fort Sumter and that's why the Union should abandon it.

[BroJoeK]

"The Southern Tariff – 4"

This is the report:

"The Tariff bill published in the Southern newspapers was not voted on in the Confederate Congress, but simply proposed for the inspection of the Southern people.
The Confederate States Tariff at present is the same as the old United States Tariff.
A new and much lower Tariff will be made in Congress in May.

Please notice, first & foremost, there was never a Confederate "free trade" tariff.
The Confederates' original tariff was simply the old US tariff with some minor changes.
Confederates intended replace it with "a new and much lower" tariff in May 1861, but that new tariff took effect in September 1861, by which time the Union blockade was in full effect.

And, potentially, the new Confederate tariff may have somehow "averaged" much less than the Union tariff, but in reality it ranged (as did the Union's) from zero tariff on some items to over 40% on others.
So the "average" could only be determined by how much of each commodity was actually imported.

For comparisons, Union tariffs raised $53 million in 1860, increasing to $104 million in 1864.
Confederate tariffs produced about $3 million total between 1861 and 1865.