Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-26
PROSPECTUS
or Il HISTORY or THE ADMINISTRATION or
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Jun Is

President IF The United States Of .lmerica.
0Sh OF the uncer'ai niy which dshsuIes the hsio-
IL ~ OF the World might have been avoided, had It's
"se"N o'eh motc generally recorded pc Rod
oil their occurrence. The prrudices oen ncde to VIII
"s VINO "ea OF contemporary events may indeed THO
Suspicion ON their hdeli,y but this suspicion by melting
eN""oh OF then statements, subjects their errors to
correction" and thus promotes the MT of ruth,
o'e' oa""'wheh history, To pc the imput ion of
yeIHg To the sympathes OF the present time
"S' ooe WI sue can seem the uippa reviewer of
past age, she impaiEs her usefulness in the hope of
"ei "en'y Tor DUNG tho interval NY seurtr.
q" information, OF which the value as nd IN.
have anishcd while rs which
temporary cttcism would have elected as falacious re
man an" are Teed on" oe!nions become min
een win iacis floating rtions are embodied and
i'uth often becomes the victim of tradition
Atn"eta OF the American Republic IL been more Inn.
"''s"' '"""" Row u.s. that narrative Of public events
snoud ne prepared under tile full light OF contemporary
ohseIvat"n The Adminis tion of President Adams has
existed throughout period of popular excem,n, so
"' tls us ACTS have been regarded rather objects of
attack anl defence, than the ,ous OF Great Re
public through its constituted organs; rather as events AZ
eetug the caI and OF indy iuals ,han Of
TIE community To exhibit the trausact OF this in
eies''ns epoch IN Connected aud with care nd
impauiaity which may the future historian the
work now announced, nd in a urse of will
De pnp!nhed 1t will be composed from public documents
cheiy ou' other sources of 1i also
TED TO- which, though infe in dignity anrd
Illustrations OF the period proposed be com
! me "HsIo'y q me standardization Of JOHN QUINCY
ADAMS VIII contain, among its topics, the following:
! l. preliminary view OF parties in the United States
from the Uf the Confedcr that of the
OF JoHN QUINCY ADAMS to the Presidency.
- view of his life aud public services attcr 10 his
Presidency.
An account Oft connected with his election
to the Presidency.
d view OF The genius policy. and results oC hs
administration, exhibiting the operations of each nj ,,
principal Departments Of the Executive Government viz,
the State, Treasury, War, Nary aud General Pos, or
hcei Hnd comprising the Legislative, Diplomatic His
Tory OF the United States during l9rh aud Goth
crosses.
D. view al the state IT the county at the Commence,
ment and at the termination Of his Presidency
o. An account o the lives, services aud character,
the Members of his Cabinet &c.
4. An appendix Of documentary nd other Illustrations
, of the text,
TERMS.
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ensuing autumn.
II VIII form volume Of abou; five hundred p,pes oc-
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