You said: “Most tariffs were paid in NYC.”
That is not accurate for your purpose. It is only accurate to state that tariffs were either collected at the port of entry or the city of final destination.
Where the tariff is collected has nothing to do with who paid it.
“The south had only 25% of the population...”
That has nothing to do with relative consumption.
“...and the slaves didn’t get many luxury european goods.”
That has nothing to do with actual consumption.
“Rail was relatively more expensive...”
More expensive than what. Please give source data.
“...so by preference goods were consumed as close to the port as possible, meaning that tariff paid in the north was largely consumed in the north.”
That does not make any sense at all. Consumption occurred where demand occurred. If you think that makes sense, then give a source.
“Second, tariff was low at the time of the rebellion.”
Not true. The Morrill tariff passed the House in 1860 and the Senate early in 1861.
It doubled and in some cases tripled the tariff rates.
“Southerners had written the tariff schedule, and had nothing to complain about.”
Not so. The tariff rates were written by Northerners.
(From Wikipedia): The Morrill Tariff of 1861 was a protective tariff in the United States, adopted on March 2, 1861 during the administration of President James Buchanan.
Named for its sponsor, Representative Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont, who drafted it with the advice of Pennsylvania economist Henry Charles Carey, passage of the tariff was possible because many tariff-adverse Southerners had left Congress after their states declared their secession. The Morrill Tariff raised rates to protect and encourage industry and the high wages of industrial workers (in the North).”
“By not rebelling they could have blocked any oppressive changes in the Senate.”
No. With the election, the Senate vote would have been determined by the Vice-President, a tariff supporting Republican.
“But they wanted to rebel.”
NO again! They wanted to secede, not rebel. There was nothing to rebel against after secession.
“Raping their slaves was so important to them and they hated that northerners would look down their noses at them. They might even prosecute them if a southerner brought an underage girl north on vacation and raped her there. Well that kind of injustice would be offensive to southern honor, so rebellion was the only solution for it.”
That is vile, vulgar, and all contrived. That should not be published in these pages, and you should be ashamed.
“....southern rapists could feel good about themselves.”
Are you aware of the fact that Union troops raped Southern women and slaves?
You seem to have not only a moral superiority complex, but you also have a very contrived, limited, and biased “understanding” of the time.
Morill tariff was passed only because the rebels had left the Senate. Without the rebellion, it wouldn’t have passed.
With the rebellion, added funds were needed to suppress treason.