> congress passed tariff (1816, if memory serves) specifically to protect > 'infant' textile production that emerged when power loom (already used in > england) was introduced to u.s., while southern slavers maintained that they > agreed to tariff as temporary measure to help north recover from war of 1812 > *and* tariff was, admittedly, on/off thing for decades (indication of > slavocracy's influence/power), policy served purpose of fostering u.s. > textile industry...<
the urban North really wanted tariffs; it was chomping at the bit. (This was one cause of the Civil War.) As soon as the South pulled out, Congress passed a large tariff. The GOP became the Party of Protection, a role it later passed to the Dems. -- Jim Devine "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
