[Non-Sequitur]

I do believe that statement deserves some sort of award.

That's what you are suggesting. Your claim that trade would flow south seems to indicate something more than the small percentage of imports destined for southern markets. Why should that happen?

[nolu chan]

[non-seq] They would have paid the confederate tariff as well as the U.S. tariff. How much sense does that make?

You said it. I am just giving recognition to the brilliance of your thinking.