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To: Dayuhan who wrote (38700)	5/31/1999 11:55:00 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) of 108807

I'm sorry, but I must again say the economic argument that tariffs were the primary cause of the Civil War doesn't make sense to me. The Civil War happened because the Southern states tried to secede form the Union and the Northern states, reluctantly at first, refused to let them. The Southern secessionists stated very plainly that their reasons for seceding were to protect the distinctive southern way of life. And it was slavery that made the southern way of life distinctive. Southern slaveowners felt that institution was threatened by the antislavery movement in the north and the violence against slaveowners it produced - in Kansas and in John Brown's raid. The industry of the north and the agricultural economy of the south made those sections of the country natural complementary trading partners. Probably why the North wouldn't let the South go perhaps, but not the reason for secession in the first place. In fact the complementary nature of the regional economies was a strong reason not to secede. Note that the South passed tariff legislation itself when it became independent. They needed the money and the little industry the south had needed to be protected and sheltered from competition.

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