Alexandria Gazette

Mr. Botts's Assault upon the Administration.

We have conversed with a friend, who was present at the Barbecue given to Mr. Botts, at Powhatan Court House, on Saturday last. He reports that some 300 persons were present, and that the scene was very gay and enthusiastic. Mr. Botts spoke upwards of two hours, in a style superior to any of his former efforts, as was said by many. He was frequently interrupted by loud applause. We are compelled, this morning, to limit our notice to the conclusion of his speech, in which he avowed his support of the Senate Adjustment bill, in favor of which he believed 19 out of 20 persons in the country to be. Mr. Botts came down upon Old Zack, "like a thousand of brick." This part of his speech was decidedly "rich," and received the cordial applause of his audience.

Referring to the present state of things and the prospects of the Adjustment bill, he asked what was this Administration doing. He should speak plain and much more in sorrow than in anger. He had made up his mind that the time had arrived for the friends of the measure to speak out, regardless of all consequences. Gen. Taylor had made one pledge that was used with more effect than any other promise which he or his friends made during the canvass, and in a great measure determined him (Mr. B.) to vote for him. It was contained in his "Allison Letter," and declared that he should, under no circumstances, interfere with the wishes of the people as expressed through their representatives. Mr. Botts had long thought that the known wishes of the Executive had exercised an improper effect upon the independence of the representatives, and that there was great danger from it, &c.; but what have we seen? A gross violation of this pledge by Gen. Taylor. So far from not interfering he has openly electioneered on the Public Squares, against the compromise: ridiculing it as the "Omnibus Bill," and has expelled his friend Bulleh from the "Republic" for supporting the measure. He has now two public presses pensioned to oppose it. He denounces its authors, and has done what no other President ever did, in writing a letter to a portion of Mr. Duer's constituents, thanking them for approving the plan known as the President's.

Mr. Botts dwelt for some time upon this subject, and was very severe upon Gen. Taylor— He denounced the administration for its course in relation to the Galphin Claim. "Everybody," he said, blamed the cabinet. He blamed the President, as he knew all of their acts, and he alone was responsible, as he alone could remove them. No one had any confidence in them, and General Taylor knew it as well as anyone else; for he had been urged again and again, by distinguished Whigs, to get rid of them, but he had disregarded their wishes and declined to dismiss them, and thereby sanctioned their doings. Mr. Botts thought the effect had been to use up the Whig party, but he trusted that, if it was so, it would unite the moderate and patriotic of both parties, and that great good would ultimately be produced. Mr. Botts believed that the efforts of Clay and Cass, Webster and Foote, Dickinson and Badger, and other patriots of the two great parties, would unite against the abolitionists, the disunionists and the "shark," or spoils party, and a great triumph would be the result.

In the course of his remarks, Mr. Botts said he was in the hands of his friends. If they wanted his services they knew how to obtain them: but, as he was a candidate for nothing (except matrimony) he would be bound down by no party ties. He would approve what he thought was right and condemn what his judgment told him was wrong, regardless of all party ties or personal consequences.-Richmond Enquirer