So, you claim the South seceded because the Morill Tariff was bankrupting them. And when I point out that the Morill Tariff wasn't even in effect when they left then your response is that it wasn't really the Morill Tariff but the ones going back to 1829. So I suppose if I ask then why the South didn't secede back then instead of waiting for the election of a president from a party opposed to slavery you would be able to come up with some other reason?
Remember also that more states joined the CSA AFTER the tariff was passed.
Fewer than joined before the tariff was passed, and they joined only after the South started the war.
The North went to war for the express purpose of collecting the tariffs and Dixie’s main reason for wanting to remain independent was to keep their money in their region.
And that has no basis in fact and is so far from the truth that is borders on ridiculous.
The Morill tariff was was a well known bill long before it was passed so your use of sophistry in pointing out that it was passed a few weeks after the CSA was formed is a NULL & moot point. The CSA wanted to secede earlier at any rate. What you forget is that the Morill Tariff cranked up the tariff to incredibly high levels. So claiming that they should have seceded earlier is specious reasoning as the Morill was more extreme and prompted the secessionist movement to grow. Lincoln was not opposed to slavery! He expressly stated that his main goal was to “save the Union” and that he would have done that if it kept slavery in place! The Emancipation Proclamation was a war measures act that had no effect on the CSA. People knew the new tariff was coming! So playing games about when it was passed does not hold water.
The South did not start the war! More damnable lies! The CSA attempted to make peace with the North at every chance. Read up on this topic instead of obtusely asserting that the facts raised have “no basis in fact”. Stop regurgitating the Northern based establishment lies.
The consternation over the high tariffs was an long running concern that exploded once the North proposed a new stronger tariff.
The North could not afford to let the CSA remain independent as it would have cost them too much. They did not give a rat’s ass about slavery as it was a wedge they used as a political stunt in the closing stages of the war. The North had imposed strict tariffs onto Dixie for decades prior and when they saw the stricter Morill Bill coming their hand was forced leading to secession just before the bill became law.