PeaRidge: "~~Philadelphia Press, March 18, 1861"
[BroJoeK] No record of such a publication.
BJK, you are up to your usual standards, such as they are. Did you check Wikipedia? The New York Times?
From Wikipedia:
The Philadelphia Press (or The Press) is a defunct newspaper that was published from August 1, 1857 to October 1, 1920.
In 1861, the New York Times even quoted articles from your non-existent Philadelphia Press: [Link]
I may even have posted information from your non-existent Philadelphia Press in the past, even from the issue in question March 18, 1861.
Philadelphia Press, March 18, 1861 (from "The Causes of the Civil War" by Kenneth M. Stampp, my paperback copy of the book, page 92):
One of the most important benefits which the Federal Government has conferred upon the nation is unrestricted trade between many prosperous States with divers productions and industrial pursuits. But now, since the Montgomery Congress has passed a new tariff, and duties are extracted on Northern goods sent to ports in the Cotton States, the traffic between the two sections will be materially reduced. … Another, and a more serious difficulty arises out of our foreign commerce, and the different rates of duty established by the two tariffs which will soon be in force. …
The General Government, … to prevent the serious diminution of its revenues, will be compelled to blockade the Southern ports … and prevent the importation of foreign goods into them, or to put another expensive guard upon the frontiers to prevent smuggling into the United States.
Yes, I did eventually verify the Philadelphia Press existed at the time, but not the quote in question.
I also verified the New Orleans Daily Crescent plus a part of the posted quote, and the Boston Daily Transcript, but not the alleged quote from it.
Other quotes can not be verified in terms of either the publication itself or its alleged words.
My old Civil War Almanac (which you have disputed before) says nothing about a March 1861 Confederate tariff law.
This source does tell of a Confederate tariff, but notice the law passed in May 1861 taking effect in September 1861.
Another source tells us Confederates did collect tariffs from February until the Union blockade began to take effect in May, 1861.
After that, not so much.
Still another source posted on this thread from St. Louis on April 6, 1861 complains of imported goods arriving from New Orleans having paid no tariffs.
So I'm unclear on the status of Confederate tariffs, am considering investing in a newer almanac, one perhaps more accurately informed?