“The people of the Southern States are not only taxed for the benefit of the Northern States, but after the taxes are collected, three-fourths (75%) of them are expended at the North (to subsidize Wall Street industries that elected Lincoln).”
The Charleston harbor was dredged 3 times before the war at Federal Government expense. Half of the roads built in South Carolina were built using Federal money (post roads)
Every light house along the South Carolina coast was built by the Federal Government, their keepers were paid by the Federal Government. South Carolina was free to request federal land for the construction of railroads if they so desire. So all the tax money was not spent up North.
What legislation was passed by Congress that appropriated Federal money to subsidize any Northern industry?
You are correct on the dredging and the construction of light houses, I think the post roads were a wash though (If I recall correctly.)
The tariff of 1828 should answer your question. We’re talking about nearly a 40% tax on imported goods! The Souths economy was almost fully fueled by the sale of cotton and other material to France, England, Spain, and in return the import of cheaper goods. The Northern states sought this tariff in order to force the purchasing of materials and products from northern industries.
So did congress appropriate federal money to subsidize northern industry? Absolutely.
Railroads, roadways, canals - there were undoubtedly southern tax dollars used to build these. Remember this is the same tariff which led to the nullification crisis which I argue was the beginning of the Civil War.
Now it can be argued, well wait, didn’t the federal government sell land grants to get money to build the transcontinental railroad? Yes, they did. But there were lines built before this, and they were funded by taxes and private enterprise.
In fairness, I have spent quite a substantial amount of time looking for legislation passed by congress to appropriate federal funds to subsidize the northern industries but I can’t find any appropriation bills that I can access during that time at all. I can find rough amounts during that meeting of congress but I cannot find delegated amounts and what for. The latest I can find with that much detail is 1998. Therefore I cannot answer your final question, yet.
I must stress again that I acknowledge that slavery was a component of the Civil War, I just don’t believe it was the driving factor.