Don't forget that a thid of the southern population were slaves or the nearly-slave fee blacks, whose total imports amounted to zilch, so according to Pea Ridge imports by southern whites were at least 50 times per capita the imports of northerners in 1860.
Pea Ridge's fantasies all stem from his desire to fool us into believing that a need for southern tariff revenues was one of President Lincoln's reasons for opposing the Confederacy. As is obvious, southern tariff revenue was less than 10% of total tariff revenue. While the South did most of the exporting, it imported very little -- and on imports tariffs are assessed.
Certainly, Non, you can agree that this falls into the category of liberal claptrap.
"according to Pea Ridge imports by southern whites were at least 50 times per capita the imports of northerners in 1860."
That is not my statement. You bring nothing to the table when you misrepresent what is being stated.
"As is obvious, southern tariff revenue was less than 10% of total tariff revenue."
And your source for that?
"fool us into believing that a need for southern tariff revenues was one of President Lincoln's reasons for opposing the Confederacy."
Abraham Lincoln, first inaugural address:
“The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and impost but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion—no using force against or among the people anywhere”.