There was no Southern industry to speak of.
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.
Had the South stayed the tariff wouldn't have passed in the Senate.
I have never heard any mention of Southern post being subsidized by the North. Please provide a link. :-)
It was in Alexander Stephens's January 1861 speech to the Georgia secession convention - Link
How does one respond to accepted facts and self-evident conclusions that combined are pointless? That means this thread has been exhausted, but I will watch that movie and reserve judgment about any bias or syrup until I see it.
Yes, if the South had stayed, they might have been able to vote down the Morrill tariff, but with a rise in the number of radical republicans, who were notorious in their desire to raise taxes and tariffs, it is difficult to say what the long term result would have been.
Thanks for the link. I can see now why you didn't post any direct quotes from it...the spelling is awful. btw, it seems that the 3/4 thing that Stevens was talking about was not that the North was in on 3/4 of all foreign trade, only having a majority in trade that demanded diplomatic agents abroad. And even then, not all foreign imports entering Northern ports were destined for Northern consumers, many were shipped South.