"And had the confederacy opened up as a free trade zone then how would those goods have made it from the southern ports to the Northern customers? What would have prevented the North from slapping a tariff on them as they crossed the confederate-United States border?"For my answer I refer you back to last fall's thread where you and I already went through this at length. I have no intention of going through it again.
Sorry to hear that. I was hoping that this time you would offer something that made sense.