Answer: The Wilmot Proviso was so controversial in raising the debate over the slave issue because the ammendment wanted to exclude any act of slavery in the possibly new territory from Mexico. The debate can be known as the North who is made up of republicans, conservatives and are anti-slavery while the South is known as democrates, liberals and pro-slavery. The slave issue was at such a intense level the people who were senators and representivities brought weapons such as knives and pistols in order to protect themselves incase of a riot from the slavery controversy. This comes to show that such acts being presented from prohibiting slavery were controversial and therefore the South seceded before any were able to be approved. Since the South was willing to secede that therefore shows how much the slavery had encouraged such intense levels. Overall, Wilmot Proviso was consgfoversial and identified the differences between the North and South, especially slave issues.
