Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-15
PROSPECTUS
oF Il HISTORY OF TIE ADMINISTRATION OF
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
iun5t Is

ITe"dent IF he United States Of .lmerica.
WI o u We uncertainty which dishgures the his,o.
". ~ OF the World might have been avoided, had is
events heen more generally recorded az or uenr ,h. ucriod
VI "e,' occurrence. The prejudices often incidrnt 10 wri-
Wv w" 'eat "t contemporary events may indeed throw
s"sp'c'"" on their fidelity; but this suspicion, by incitirs
examination Of theie statements, subjects tl,eif .,,o,. 10
c".eeuo"' an" mus promotes the ascertainnen, of truth.
onthe other hand, when history, 10 ESCAPE the ;mp,, lin NJ
yV'uug y" ne sympathies Of the present time. uoy,uou.s
her once I'LL she can seem the unimpassioncd reyiever If a
past age, she ln'pairs her usefulness in the hope at aue-
W." :, "'s",'y' Tor during the interval, many seuue.
W mo'"'"uoi'. oil which the value vas important and IN.
p's isirretrievable, have vanished, " bile Others. which ron-
""'p""ty criticism would have rejected as fallacious. rec
MAIN M are relied on; opinions become iusepatahiy nj,
seu WIN tac's' floating misconceptions are embuLied. and
''uth often oecomcs the victim OF tradition.
A'h"era OF the American Republic has il been more inn.
p"''ant 'hani now is, that a narrative of public events
should b" prepared under the lul! ligh, of ron,rmno,n,,
observation. The Administration Of p. esideu, Adams h.S,
CNs'eu throughput a period Of popular excitement so rene
a. ha' i's acts have been regarded rather as obiec,s of
attack aud defence, than as the Operations of n r,rs, No
rutI'c through its constituted organs, rather : ev.,,s az
iecting the character and fortunes of indiv;,nsls ,h.S -,
The community. To exhibit the ttans,c,i,n. Of mi. 4.
etes'ing epoch III n connected form, aud with A mr.. aud
importantly which may assist the future hi<,o,ia, ,h.
worn now announced, aud in a course of prepa a ton. viii,
g punished. Ii will be composed from pubiir docnme,,.
enemy out other sources OF information " i'll also Inc sso
yea IT, WINCH though inferior in dignity, afford inno,,,,,
~" OF the period proposed to be com ne m.ra,ed.
"e .iISiory 81 ne administration of JOHN 0uIS.y
ADAMS VIII contain, among its topics. the following:
20 PRELIMINARY view OF parties in the United States
~ Nv concentration To that of the aCcesSIOn
"' JOHN quincy ADAMS to the Presidency.
:, a view OF his life and public services, antetiot m his
Presidency. W "S
. An account OF tie events CONNECTED with his election
To the pre>idenr.. Wv
. a wee" OF the genius, policy, acts md results NJ -
Aun'"'S'rnt'on' exhibiting the operations of each nr Tho
p''"ClPaI department MIS- of the Ex, cutive Goverrren, 80.
ue otate' treasury, War, Navy, aud General Pee, -,
noe' a"u comprising the Legislative aud DipInms,ic ~
"'y "i the United States during the l9,h and 9U,L c ,n
grrsps. "' ." Lon
D. \ view IT the state vf the rounirv a, the o,,o.o..
Nv" ana al the termination Of his P,rsidcn,v.
o. An account of the lives. services ami ch,r,
'e members of his Cabinet, &c.
Il; An appendix OF documentary Ind Other Illustrations
Of tire text. 's"a'o
TERMS.
n work viii De published by the subscriber during
ensuing autumn. "'''"e
VI form a volume of about FIVE hundred pasas oc.
'"'"' ana VIII be furnished IN Boa is at ihte. dolia, ,n,
copy. Ne '"'''' PEI
as me number of copies printed will be REGULATED Nv
"e Pt"nao'e demand, persons DESTROYS Of po>seSsiur ~
WORK are invited To leave their names With the pnLI,b.r
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AS II desired that the History" &c. shall be ,cr
'ed IN information as full and authentic as can be ob,.Ti'
communications from all quarters. on the subject of !,
10 the publisher, at " aShingron, aud most Dojd
'te respectfully solicited. F