[DoodleDawg]

In his January 1861 speech to the Georgia Secession Convention, Alexander Stephens said that 75% of the business done abroad, imports and exports, were done by Northerners. Government figures from the 1859-1860 period show that most import tariffs were paid in Northern ports by Northern consumers. In his speech Stephens also details how Southern postal deliveries were subsidized to the tune of over $6 million by the North. I think the claims that the South paid most of the taxes and received a disproportionately low amount of federal spending is just not supported by the facts.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

I think you fail to see the point. Many tariffs were national, yes, but who did they benefit? Northern industry. It was solely to benefit Northern industry that tariff laws were passed. By 1857 the South legislators had fought to achieve a lower tariff rate of about 15-18%, but as soon as the south left the Union the Northern legislators took the first opportunity to pass the Morrill tariff, which raised tariff rates once again.

I have never heard any mention of Southern post being subsidized by the North. Please provide a link. :-)