The Arkansas banner., 1849-12-25
Mr. sIonros's cuhlnss aaa tAs aEi.sosEi


 Compromise.
 Mr. cManaes 2. Apans. af Massschsps.s. oniy survlviax sea Of Jons orrxcr ADAas, has faFnish- sd fsrpnblieai.oa in tAa New York Evening Pest. an exact copy of such POrIoos of the sxPrss'dents ptiyats Diary s relate to the of the His sOuri compromise bii. in the eabiaes of President MoxR0x.
 These extracts have been pablisAsd % ssto settle che question ss b wheEher President MoSnoE coa- suited hb easis-s upon lhe qasssoa of Ihs PrOhibi- ton of slavery in thstslories of the Unised Stases and whether they unanimously eoaferrsd the power in writing. evidence has lately been discovered, among the registers lndces of letters h the State depaftmeat, thai saeh letters were filed there The index is'iers, from lsIT io le90." de~crihs as follows: March s. lS3o. Adams, Crawford. s Calhoun. wlrs. and Thompson, March 1. lsao .. Their opinions ia writing upon the conssaiioa- alty of the iaw. for the admission of Missouri [" Into the Union." Thsss letters. however, can not now be fsuad. Mir. cALRoCx wss . member of MoSnoE cabinet. and has beea charged by T. H DExroN, in one of his MIsseuri speeches. with kassag at that time advised that Cengsena had pow CT nDder the Consultation to prohibit slavery in the territories. The Diary of Mr. ADAms implies that such was the ease, in the following words: 1920. March 3d. When came this dsy te my oiiee. found there note requesting nas to eai. as oae o'clock, at the Prest9ent honse. Et'was then one and immediately went over He expected that the two bills for ths admission of Maine, and io enabe Missouri to make eonstitution, would have been brought to hin for bis sgnatare, end he has su,pmoned all the members Of his administration, tk.sg mtt,ta In vVfff t. n the Depsrssieds of State, upon two questions. lst Whether Congress had a constitutional right to prohibit slavery in new territory and 2d, whether inc Sth section cf tie Missouri bill, (which inter diets slavery soa the territories north of 36 latitude was ble only to the territorisI State or would extend &s, after il should become Sts,e7 As to the frs, question it was unanimously agreed that Copgress have the power to prohibit slavery in the territories, and yet neither Crawford, Calhoun nor Wrt could find any express power to that effect given in the Constitution; and Wirt declared him. self very decidedly against the admission of any implied powers"
 We think sith ths:New Orleans Crescent, that it is not extraordinary csnsarable, if MT CAt- Houx had, iu hts earlier years, held constitutional opinions which his later convictions have led him to alter, ard which he thinks dangerous to the peace and interests of the Southern States"
 The following remarks from the Louisville Demo- crat upos this Diary, leave the whole subject ai- most asnuch in darkness as il was before:
 remarkable thai if these opinions were ever filed in the State Department, they have been lest They are not io be found there now, and as Mr. Calhoun has been since Secretary of ctI,e, his Inir would insinsate that he accessory at least te theerime of purioiniug these documents True, no one has made the charge directly, but the facis have beea statsd in such way 10 lesve the iIn presson unlavora6le to the Carolina Senator, upon The raiuds ol those who wish to believe ihe worst.
 Now, We leave the reader 10 judge whether he would cone to the conclusion alter reading the whole statement of NIT. Adams, that the cabinet were unaninious this subject. Mir. WiTt could find no such power granted in the constitution, and was opposed 10 impiied powers. How then could he have cencurred in the opinion gyen' Besides, il is evident that the different members of the cabi net took witey different views of the matter This Is clear from te statement Of MT Adams hia self
 But there is evidence conclusive almost. There is amongst Mir. Monroes papersa draugni of letter io Gen. Jackson. dated May z3d, l s2 ], From which il evident ldt he intended 10 give the latter fail account of the whoie matter. He first says, speak ilg og his cabinet "the vote of every Rersher was in favor of it" This he lie then inserts the word unanimous. instead of every ueInber. and efases that word also He then uses the word ex- plicit, and then strikes tiis; out. lie then stys, ''he took the opinion in writing of the administra- ton. as to the coast'atiohaliIy of restraiBg fife territories which were in favor of il" finaiy in The letter which ne did seEd to Jackson. merely transcript of tLis n other respects lac entire refer encs 10 the subject is exci1Ged.
 We find these facts in the speech of MT. West colt, oi Florida They show that Nr Monroe doabtfui to the reai sentiments of sOane of his cabinet. that upoa reflection he would not under take tue statement al ali He would not say every member was in favor of ithe would not say that the cabinet were unanimous --he would not say that their opi1ions were explicit.
 We think these facts relieve NIT. Calhoun from the charge oEsven materially changing his position on this question. There is uncertainty still bang ing over ihs whole atter but certainty that the o2iuiOns of the cabinet were not harmonious. They may have given half an assent, bat not uore.'
 Report Of the Postmaster General.
 The Baltimore Sun and Philadelphia Ledger pub ts n h.