[Non-Sequitur]

You are doing a poor job of it. I quoted what you said and opined that it deserves an award.

Then be clear about it. Why would trade flow south when it didn't flow south before the rebellion?

[nolu chan]

[Non-Seq] Then be clear about it.

[non-seq] They would have paid the confederate tariff as well as the U.S. tariff.

I said that your remark, quoted above, deserves an award. You may feel free to quote or refer to every other dumb remark you have ever made, but I am referring to this particular dumb remark and no other.