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To: PeaRidge
I see that you did not fully read anything I sent you.

Nothing you posted about either the tariff legislation of 1789 or the navigation act of 1817 prohibited Southerners from taking the same advantage of the protection afforded domestic industries. The only thing holding them back was lack of initiative coupled with an arrogance toward work brought about by slavery.

Most of what I post is commentary and data from the people of the time.

Most of what you post is unsourced and unsubstantiated horse manure.

825 posted on 10/04/2005 8:13:26 PM PDT by mac_truck (Aide toi et dieu l’aidera)
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To: mac_truck

This is not a point worth discussion since your contentions are so out of line.

Let it suffice to say that the protections afforded by the acts and laws of the congress addressed manufacturing, not agricultural interests. Any commentary on the direction of the Southern industry has to be underpinned by the knowledge that not only was Southern productivity feeding its populations but was also generating sufficient surpluses to send grain north, cotton north and overseas, and in sufficient amounts to essentially be the currency that produced over $300,000,000 worth of imports each year.

And I am sure that you would like a source on that. Here you are:

International Transactions and Foreign Commerce for 1857-1860
(Historical Statistics of the US, section U 187-200, pgs 885-887)


833 posted on 10/05/2005 1:20:26 PM PDT by PeaRidge
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