Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-14
- PROSPECTUS
oF II HISTORY or THE ADMLNISTR. 4TION OF
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

President IF Me United States of .amerioa.
Nj oCh OF The uncertainty which dis6gu,ss the his,o-
W ~ o u the World might have been avoided, had it's
ereas oeen ""'e generally recorded at or near the period
OF 'he't occurrence. The prrjudic.s onen ineide nt to wri-
"s VINO "eat OF contemporary events may indeed throw
s"sp'e'"" on their fidelity; but this suspicion, by melting
eN""'na''on OIL their statements, subjects their errors Ia
CORRECTION. aud thus promotes the ascertainnsnt of t,u,h.
onhe other hand, when histoty, to escape the imputa,ion of
welding 70 the sympathies OF the present time, po.,pones
~ "m'c w sne can seem the unimpassioned reviewer OF a
past age, she imPeirs her usefulness In the hone If aus.
"e",,"g hei dignity: for during the interval, many source,
OF ihio'maton, nt which the value " as inpo,,,t md IA.
loss rretr'evable, have vanished. Will. others. which or
temporary criticism would have rejected as falaciuus. ,r.
- " ae 'el'ed on' opinions become imseparably min-
Heu WIN hcts, floating uisconce ptious are embudird MD
Uu'h often becomes the victim, Of tradition.
Atnaefa oI the American Republic has IN harm mora ,,.
$500 ,1 "'"" now u" That a narrative Of public events
s'""'" ne prepared under the iull light of contemporary
observations The Administration of P,esideut Ada,rs hn.,
N>e" throughput a period Of popular excitement So gene
."''sat W. ae,s nave been regarded rather as objects of
a'Ack aud defence, than as the operations of n ,re,, R..
public through it's constituted organs; rather a, events AZ.
Ieettng the character and fortunes Of individuals ,l,en -,
I'VE community. To exhibit the transactions OF thi, in.
"tes''hg rpoch ~ a connected form, aud with a care and
'mpaftiality which may assist the future historian. m.
work now announced, aud in a course of prepata,ion. will
ne published. 1t will be composed from public documents
chleny, out other sources of information will also he GEO
ted To, which, though nferio, in dignity, afford imno,,an,
Illustrations OF the period proposed to be com ncm.ra,ed.
me History q Me administration Of JoHN QUINCY
"DA"s VIII contain, among its topics, the following:
L. A preliminary view Of parties in the United States
from the era of the Confederation TO that OF the accession
of IoHN QUINCY ADAMS to the Presidency.
= a view OF his life and public services, anterior IN his
Presidency.
. An account Of the events connected with his ele ,,;or
10 the Presidency.
." we" nf the genius, policy, acts and results nj n,
administrations exhibiting the operations Of each of ,hs
p''"C'Pdi departments OF the Executive Government. yin.
.e state Treasury, War, Navy, aud General Pos, or
h'e' anu comprising the Legislative and Diplomatic uts.
'"'y oi the United States during the I9th and pom Con.
gresseS. -'" D
D. a view OF the state Of the country Al the rom,s,,s
"en' ana at the termination Of his Presidency.
o. An account Of the lives, services and charae,e,s Of
'e Members of his Cabinet. &c.
I: An Appendix Of documentary and other Illustrations
of the text.
TERMS. 81
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