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from Columbia county, for the first time h 1872, by small majority. He owed b;a election 10 persons who were opposed to James Madison and the politicians of ,bo South, and he acted for the time faitbfnns wthsth8t party. In November l8I2 bo took his seat in the Senate, and few davs afterwards grand caucus was called ta select candidates for the electoral coIleos

 At the cauces we think John Iayler oe the senate, and Nathan Saudford, of the as sembly, presided the Invitation was frans. mitted only 10 members of the Iegislature John c. Hoogeboom of Columbia, Ebers ger Foot of Troy, and another person. m. members, obtained admission into the ss nate chamber on that occasion.

 Mfr. Van Buren. who had been prepar;n, himself for this caucus since his election q. April, made a strong speech, full of foree and vehemence, for nearly two hours ;r favor of De Witt Clinton, who had been nominated on the 18th of May preeedine and was the accepted candidate of hs ultra federal party. Mir. Van Buren drov a contrast and comparison between RIy

 Clinton and Mr. Maeison, highly in favor of the formers and objected to Mir. MaG, son on various groands-he pronounced his policy feeble-he considered him want. ing ii all the essential qualities necessary to conduct the atfairs of the nation he condemned en masse the whole of the southern politicians and their measures, in involving the country in q ruinous war He avowed his entire conviction that RTr

 Madison and his advisers could nevef. con. duct that war 10 a successful issue: and his entire belief that nothing could exri. cate the country from it's thraldom and pending ruin. but the success of Mir. CIn- ton and the expulsion from the councils of the nation of the politicians of the South. His language was .'lcud and strongn on on these points. s.i call on this meetina.p said NIr. Van Buren, stto sustain the claims of the State of New ! orl1 against the un- tiring ambition of the South-I call on this meeting to sustain the claims of Mir. Clip- ton to the Presideney-as a man better qualified in mind and in energy of charac. ter, to conduct the operations of this go- vernment."

 General Erastus Root (and he is now living, and if we dc not state facts, can cor rect us,) followed in a strong republican speech in favor of Mr. Madison. Nathan Sandford also spoke in his behalf-the con test grew warm ant exceedingly animated Ruggles Hubbard, Senator from Troy, and Martin Van Buren being the leading speak CTS III favo. of Mr. Clinton. General Root, Nathan Sandford, and some others, left the caucus.

 On the 9th of November. both houses met to chose electors for President and Vice President; and referring to the jour nals, the name of Mr. Van Buren will be found recorded against James Madison General Root and few others voted the Madison ticket, on which were the names of Gabriel Hayens, John Targee. Jesse Buel. Jonathan isk, &c. 8-c.

 Here we have the fact that the candidate who was voted for, and supported by Go- werner Strong, Harrison Gray, Otis, and the peace party generally. owed his noml- nation in great part to the zeal and activity of Martin Van Buren.

 From this position he cannot escape, and he will do the same thing again tomorrow. Eff the Sonth should refuse 10 be tbe pliant supporters of his pretentonss It is true that when Mr. Clinton was unfortunate. MT. Van Raren very naturally deserted him. He joined Governor Fompkins, made his peace ~ith Elr. Madison, and was appointed to a valuable office-yet when Clintoa's star was again rising, he joined him in l816, and when Clinton ln 1920 was arain unfortunate Mr. Van Bu- ren deserted to the Bucktail party.

 Is 10 bis opinion Of the South, and on the admission of Missouri, we can say with confidence from our own knowledge, that he regarded the admission of new States to the South and West, as materially im- pairing the power and influence of the North; and about this time, and on the agitating of these very subjects, bold and injudieious article appeured in the Albany Argus, then and now the state paper, an article prepared and published without doubt by authority. The developments of la grand conlederacy, or rather an attempt to overcome the Union by uniting the votes of Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania, for Van Buren, gives at this time considerable interest to the article in question, and we stbjem the following extracts:

 ssIt Is filcf, which is singular from it's not having attracted more general obserya- ton, that our ablest statesmen, not only from the North, but in the South have re- gently spoken on the floor of Congress with the greatest apprehension of the alarming increase of the eonfederacy- 