Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-06
PROSPECTUS
OF Il HiS1OR} Or THE 4D.HLNESTR arrow or
JOHN QUINCY ADAUS

IreSident Of The United States of .4pleric1
M UGH OF the uncertainty which disfsures the bs,o
4'A ry OF the World might have been avoided. adj >
events been more generally recorded nea the .rod
OF e'' recurrence The pref uoices often 10 wr
'efs wh" treat al contemporary may indeed throw
Susp'c'o" on 'he hdelty but this Suspicion by melting
examination Of their statements subjects their errors 10
correction ANA mus promotes tie of truth
On the other hani, when history To- the inpntation nj
welding l" me symphlhies Of the present Time posiuones
her office uil She the unmpa revrve, nj
past age She paGs her usefulness in the hope of aug
msn'ng her dignity for during the interval many
nI oFmation OF which the value important nd the
loss sirretrievable have vanished while nthe con-
enpo criticism would have rejected faacinus re-
main and are relied On; opinions nseparablv min
eedwiih iac floating miscouc piions embod led and
truth often becomes the victim of tradition
AtnoeTa Of the American Rel Public been more nm
poTtant 'han now is that narrative Of public events
should be prepared under the tu light of contemporary
observation The Administration Of President Adams hal
eAS'e" throughout period o Popula excitement gene
a ihat its acts have been regarded rather obircts nj
attack and defence, than as e operations OF tea Re
public through it's constituted organs rather as ey.n
ectng the character and fortune, Individuals ,an of
he Community To exhibit the transactions OF this in
te'es'"g epoch III connecet far aud with ca re and
mpar'ality which may the future historian the
WORN no" ann"unced and Ia course nf pref on will
be published. IL will be composed from plic
chiefly; but other sources of on q IN aIso he -
ted to- which, though inferior in dignity afford important,
Illustrations Of the period proposed be com nem.raled
Inc "f'tory Gi me .fdm'nislration Of JoHS QUINCY
AnAms WIZ contain among is topics, the following:
l. preliminary view Of parties in the United States
from the era uf the Confeera that of the accession
OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS tn the Presidency
= view of his life aud public services anterior to his
Presidency.
An account OF the events connected with his election
/ 10 the Presidency. '"
- we" OF the genius, policy, and results of bs
ADMINISTRATION exhibiting the operations of ear or ia,
principal Departments OF the Tx, cutiye Government viz
me State, Treasury, War, Navy and General pos, OF
hcei and comprising the Legislative aud Diplomatic His
tory OF the United States duug Ioth aud 2Ot Con
crosses. ~ wi"
D. view of the state of the country al the Commence.
meni and at the termination Of his Presidency
o. An account Of the lives, services and characters oC
the MembeIs uf his Cabinet, &c.
T. An Appendix OF documentary nd other illustrations
Of the
TERMS
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ensuing autumn.
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