And the North just let England take their wheat, corn, rye, timber, fish, beef, wool, furs, and all of their other exports. According to you, the South was the only exporter and cotton was the only export. Again, you are full of BS.
The one major export from the North at that time was grain. Prior to the mid 19th century, the North had not exported hardly anything. England had a first mover advantage in manufacturing and by the time the North started to industrialize, England was already well ahead and had large economies of scale. The result was that Northern manufacturers could not compete on price....thus the screaming for tariffs. They certainly weren't exporting manufactured goods to England.
According to you, the South was the only exporter and cotton was the only export. Again, you are full of BS.
Wrong. That's not what I said. I said the same thing the various Northern newspapers as well as numerous political commentators said which was that by 1860, the South furnished about 3/4s of all exports. It had been more in the past but as the Great Plains started being brought under the plow, there was abundant excess grain to export. The one who's full of BS here is you.