The Arkansas banner., 1847-10-04
From tae Waakingtoa E'aiom. TIE WILMOT PR0FIsO OUFgT10N,

THE WILAOT PR0TISO QUESTION: A few days since we published an article re,ter. aHng the position which we have ma,pta;nsa. that tne political condition Of the new territory which ] Me may acquire from Mexico ought 10 be fixed in !nat sptra g cupSoaise between the north and south ,n wihsn the constitution was frsmed. and in which iegislaion, ln pursuance of the constitr,iian has heretofore been had in two memorable instances Of the acquisition of new territory. We put this osd proposition upon theoh and (as it seems to s) the imPfegnaele ground, that since there s Gundamen- ta' dnerehce between the social organization of the soatn and ot the north. which difference is both re. sogntsed and protected by the federal constitution 90 neither of these societies ought to claim wholly To exclude the other, by federal legislation rom a lPaFucipafion lE common acquisition gained by common sacrifices and burdens. To this view of ours the New York Evening Post, with great conr. sesy ot manner, but with unusual soemnity and em- Phssis os tone, replies as follows:
 " At length the thousands and millions of demo- cratic citizens of the free and the slave States have presented to them the painful spectacle of print es tabtiaeed at the seat Of govsfnricnt and claiming tne h'gh and honorable position of being the organ l oi communication between the government and tue public. SO far orgetfui of its duty to maintain oniy
 hose gres; ahd glorious interests in which the very existence of liberty is staked as to advocate the rielrs e pecuiir section. and tiose too of wrong ana oppression. We s1y the rfsrs of q section ana sce might haUe added guiie snaR sec,on of Lhe na
 
 on IS hostile 10 the interests of every freeman in the northern States-it is hostile to the views of the citizens of Delaware, and probably of Western Vir ginta. of Kentucky, Missouri, portion of Tennes. see and North Carolina. and to the unbiased senti ments of thousands of voters in the siayeholdiug States who have no interest n that peculiar kind of property"
 | We deny that the proposition which we mainsan can. with any degree of fairness be s,gnatized as 'seeia0adL" Our proposition is, that federal legs- laion ought not to prevent the diverse interests in- sunlohs, and population Of the two sections of our country from sharing the territory betweeuthem The Posts propositioR is, that Congress ought to see to It that there be such sharing of the terri tory between the people and the institutions of the north and of the south, but that the soeIa organiza- lion o the north ought, by its votes Congress- 10 erctude that ot the south from the territory s- together. Now on this mere staiemcni of the qaes- tion m advance of one word of argument we pn, it 10 the eandor Of the Post 10 which one of the,e two propositions is the more seetioaai;
 Bot again, if our proposition be scciioaai what is the national proposition this subjectl Ii Is na ttoaGt proposition with us, that while society as it IS organized in haf of the Sajes of the UnoR may go on extending itself into new lands al pieasure society, as il is organized in the other half of the State must be vigorously restrained with its present
 limits by the action ofCongress? Is our nation or our federal government committed 10 that proposi. tion' Has the federal government the righift posc CT to commit itself to any such proposition Can it be pretended that the federal constitution was ran cd or adopted for the purpose with the view of preventing slavery in new territory: On the con rary, that instrument leaves to the people of ecery Stdie in the Uniont the political competency 10 decide for hemseiues whether they will establish slavery within their own State limits not. This is done by the constitution ioI rhoie Raoa. Is it. then, very secoaat in to ask tha. Congress shall mol altogether exclude from tic W ole of the ter ltory this same political competency of the people in the premisesi
 But the Post proceeds
 IL is painful to witness this advocacy Of q mere local institution. in which not than million otthe citizens of this republic have any pecuHiary neress, at the expense of the welfare and prosper iy Of nineteen millions who have no such interest but vastly painful is it to witness print which holds the leadership of party, the most glorious distinction oi which is. that t defends the right o man, and pledges 10 their development and security it's very existence, advocates the extension of hu oppression and the sacrifice of human rights The Post will observe that we are not "adyoca. ting" slavery. We have not advanced one single argument in favor oi establishing slavery in CaliioT Bia. What we do advocate is, that Congxess shall not undertake beforehand wholly to exclude from all parts of that territory the right of the future ,vel eIs there to decide that question for themselves <
 But, in the next place, is the Post clear upon the point that the cause of "human rights will be pro noted or advanced by federal legislation whlch shall confne the saveholde and his slave to this side of the Rio Grand Is the Post clear that such legisa- ton will be for the good of the black race Is that journal clear that such legislation will be for the good of the white laborers either of the North or of the South Is it clear that such legislaon--to say nothing of it's justice and fairness--vi be wise or safe Legislation for the southern portion of Uni on Surely there are two sides to each of these questions. Is the Post, then clear that Congress, in the anticipation of contingencies and crcumsan- ces now only dimy oreseen, ought to take the de- cision of these questions out of the hands of those who, at future day, will be best informed about them by actual experience, and who will be most deeply Interested to decide them rightly
 But from all such inquines we return to the question, what is just aad fi m tais matter, be- tween the northern and southern sections of this Union! That is the first practical question m the case. We deny that justice and fail ness of making. by act of Congress, the new territory all northera in its social system. The federal government hot do this beforehand, without tfanphng upon the equal rights ofthe southern portion of this conedtr acy.
 We could scarcely expect the co operation of the ! New York Post in carrying oui lie principle of the Missouri compromise, after the stand which it's edi tor took in relation to Texas But for ourselves We are free to say that we take the same ground now | that we took in Isii.
 We still hold that the constitution ioG aied | on principle ot compromise and that the same | spirit should preside in the administration of the go veTnment as in it's formation; that two previous occasions the difficulty which threatened to distract the States adjusted the principle oi the Mia compromise; and that the question ought again to be settled on the same principle f. |
 Thus justice will be doise 10 ail--saiisiaesion | should be given al-and thus the union may be ] bound more firmly together, and the prophets ot ill., | omen will be again defeated.
 ROMANCE IN REAL ITUaKIsHl LiFg.--A letter iH the London Morning Herald, iron it's Constan. iinopie correspondent, under date of Jaiy 27lh. | contains the following interesting narrative, as of recent occurrence.
 "A young man, the son Of wealthy American, l residing in one of the villages oi the Bosphorus, secretly wooed and won the daughter of a Turkish | Bey. whose yay or summer residence Is in The ! neighoorhood. The young people met often in places where they were safe from ihe eyes of tho old Bey. Fhe young girl was al length so imprn. Ia hal