[elfman2]

"the northern workers DID NOT COMPETE with the slave labor of the south. The north had a moral objection to slaves and slave labor so the north refused to use it. "

Snicker… And now the US refuses to use $1an hour labor in our territory (because no one will work for that), yet the North prospered and so will we. You’ve yet to explain how the free North enveloped the South. That’s because you can’t explain it without destroying your premise that wage inequality needs to be managed by tariffs. You are a coward.

[jpsb]

You’ve yet to explain how the free North enveloped the South. That’s because you can’t explain it without destroying your premise that wage inequality needs to be managed by tariffs.

Please restate the question, I don't understand what you are asking.