Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-02
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aug l8-w5tc WORKMAN 81 McGRUDER
PROSPECTUS
W Il HISTORY or THE ADMINISTRATIONS or
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

President Of The United States Of .america.
NJ CCh oi the nce'tanty which dis6gures the histn
LfA ~ oi The World might have been avoided had its
events been more generally recorded at or near the erod
oil Their Occurrences. The psejudices often nj 10 W.
eFs who treat OF contemporary may indeed throw
Suspicion on their hdehy but this suspicion, by ncitip,
examination Of their statements subjects their errors In
correction and thus promotes the Mt os t,utb
On the other hand, when history pc the lion Of
yielding to the sympaihes the present time pos,ucu
her Office till she the unim pasoned of
past age, she mPairs her usefulness 10 he hope of
meuting her dignity; for during tie interval many ssurtcs
OF information. of which the value mporant ard the
loss irretTevable, have vanished, while ohe rs hoh con-
temporary criticism would have rejected as faacous -,
main ana are clied on; opinions become nscpaTabiy min
ged with facts, floating uiscoUce Cions are embodied ana
truth often becomes the victiai OF trsditi.u
81 no era of the American Republic has il hoo, 49, -
po'tart than Il IS, that narrative ot u,h. -.
should he prepared under the Toll nrht of rontenons
observation HE Adnuistf of esiden Adams ba,
existed throughout pctin popular excitement 60
raj hat ats acts have been regarded rather as nbrr,s -;
ATTACH and defence ihau as tire operations OF srat Re-
pubic through it's Constituted o,saus; rather ne
'ee"ns Inc character ami fortunes OF ndyidmas usn -
the Community. TO exhibit the Transactions ,f H..
lefes'nc epoch ~ connected form, aud with cave nd
ImP""'"'y winch may assist the future historian Il.
work no" announced, and in course Of preparatinn III
DC puhsheh 1T "'il be composed from publ ipcursn,
chiefly; but other sources of nforu,,t;,,, a nm -
'so TO- WHICH, 'housh inferior iu dignity. afford imro,,sn
us'fauons oi u'c period proposed to he com
49, ','',V'E q ne '4"r Hi'ira'on n JouN QuINtr
APNMs wiI contain, "mo s its topics the following:
c,,, we" 81 parties ia 'hc United STATES
nc e." ut the Confede ton 10 that NJ the ar,e,
- 'V'iNCN ADAMS To- the Presidcncv
= we" % "'s lifc and public services S,tc,;o - e.
3 An n ito csru't
To the Presidency.
4. Of the genius Vocv acts and resulis cf hs
Administrator, exhibiting the operations OF each OF the
principal Departments OF the Executive fovrtureut
the state, Treasury, War. Navy, and Grurra Posi- o.
fee; and comprising tie Legislative AVID plonntc Ills
tory Of the United states dung 0ih ahd Goth Com
crosses.
o. view VI the state uf che county a. the eommsnee-
lad at the tcrmns ton Of his Presidency.
o. An account lives services aud characters Of
the Membe', of his Cabinet, &c.
z. An Appendix "a documentary snd other ilusrso
Of the text.
TERMS.
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ensuing autumn.
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