[Non-Sequitur]

You answered nothing. Where would the south have gotten the money for it's budget it if followed through with the free trade fantasy you propose?

[Aurelius]

"You answered nothing."

I have already told you, I wasn't addressing your question. I was addressing your final assertion. Rightly or wrongly, the North did fear economic challenge from the South for the reasons I cited. Quit setting up straw men.