Since the tariff was a tax on iron and cotton, the South would presumably go against the tariff. The North loved the tariff because it stopped some of the foreign factories, by making the owner of the raw products ship the products to another factory(likely in the North). John C Calhoun disliked the tariff because he felt that it favored only one part of the nation.
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The Americans that benefited the most from the Tariff of 1816 were the manufacturers. The western and northern states, having a strong industrial base, strongly supported the tariff.
John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun
Who opposed the "Tariff of Abominations"
The South was prosperous in 1816 and the manufacturers who needed the tariff for support were hurting. In 1820, the South was hurting and the manufacturers were already getting rich. The South was the one paying most of the bill on the tariff. Also, the threat from English in Louisiana and Florida was diminished after the 1812 war was long over and many treaties were signed. Relations between the South and England greatly strengthened from 1816 to 1860, while the North wanted tariffs. The south relied on England to buy its slave plantation agriculture.