Look at a map of the United States. Now, what region has the most coastline and warm weather ports.
LOL. Vinnie. Even in 1860, the port of New York alone received more imports than every port in the south combined. Still does. The majority of tariffs were paid in the North. The tonnage through southern ports was mostly exports --- cotton, rice and sugar. The government collected no taxes on exports.
But that still does not answer my question. If we assume that all Americans have an equal need for goods produced overseas, how does an import tariff 'rape' the South and not harm the North? Did the south need more French lace or Dutch diamonds or Czech crystal than the North?
Rather than looking at a map why not look at the tariff statistics? For the period June 1858 through June 1859 the net tariff collected in Philadelphia was $2,262,349.57. The net tariff collected for the 11 busiest southern ports COMBINED was $2,866,496.22. And Philadelphia was the third busiest port. Boston collected $5,133,414.55 and New York collected $35,155,452.75. So of the total tariff collected for the 14 busiest ports in the United States 93.7% were collected in the three northern ports. So how you can say that tariffs raped the southern economy is beyond understanding when almost all of it was paid up north.