Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: DoodleDawg
What they said was "iron in bars, bolts, rods, slabs, and railroad rails, spikes, fishing plates and chairs used in constructing railroads". And the tariff was 15%.

God! are you both stubborn and stupid sometimes. You simply will not f***ing admit it when you are dead wrong.

That either revenue from these duties must be collected in the ports of the rebel states, or the ports must be closed to importations from abroad. If neither of these things be done, our revenue laws are substantially repealed, the sources which supply our treasury will be dried up. We shall have no money to carry on the government, the nation will become bankrupt before the next crop of corn is ripe....allow railroad iron to be entered at Savannah with the low duty of ten percent which is all that the Southern Confederacy think of laying on imported goods, and not an ounce more would be imported at New York. The Railways would be supplied from the southern ports." New York Evening Post March 12, 1861 article "What Shall be Done for a Revenue?"

As I told you before, they f***ing said "RAILROAD IRON"! and you still want to f***ing argue about it!

667 posted on 05/08/2019 3:51:04 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 593 | View Replies ]


To: DiogenesLamp
As I told you before, they f***ing said "RAILROAD IRON"! and you still want to f***ing argue about it!

You see the problem is that you are quoting from f**ing newspaper editorials while I'm quoting from the f**ing tariff legislation itself. But that's because once again you take f**ing opinion and try to pass it off a fact while I go straight to the f**ing facts themselves.

673 posted on 05/08/2019 4:45:16 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 667 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson