"The north has adopted a system of revenue and disbursements, in which an undue proportion of the burden of taxation has been imposed on the South, and an undue proportion of its proceeds appropriated to the north ... 

The South as the great exporting portion of the Union has, in reality, paid vastly more than her due proportion of the revenue." South Carolina senator John C. Calhoun in 1850.

11 years later, "There will be no invasion except to collect taxes." A. Lincoln 1st inaugural

The North invaded the South not to free slaves, but to free the South of its money...But then the winners write the history...