Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-22
PROSPECTUS
OF "A HISTORY or THE ADMINISTRATION or
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
President Of The United States Of .4merica.
MI CCll OF the uncertainty which dishgurcs the histo
lVA ~ ct the World might have been avoided had its
events been more generally recorded ut the period
vi he occurener. The prrjuaoss often iueident wr
tess who neat OF contemporary may indeed throw
suspicion on their fidelity; but this suspicion, by inctrs
examination nj their statements subjects their erTos
correction, aud thus promotes the of truth
oh the OTHER hand when history, the uf
yielding to the sympsthes of the present time, pos,pour
ne once u she can seem the reviewer
PAS, age she mpairs her usefulness in the hope OF aug
mehine het dignity; Tor during the interval many
vi iniotmaiion of which the value and the
WSs setTievable have vanished while o,ners which
Temporary ctitcism would have rejected as o,s re-
main aud ae don; opinions become NUM-
gled with facts hoa ting ne embodied and
truth often becomes the victim of tradition.
Mn"era oithe Anericon Republic has bcen more n,-
poitaut than u now is that OF public events
should be prepared under the full eh, Of contemporary
observations The Administration Of 2 s,idsnt Adams ha.
existed hro"Gh"u, period of popular excitement so gene.
S that its acts have been regarded rather Officers of
attack aud Defence than tons OF great Pr
public through its constituted ogans rather as events n
eeme The character and fortunes of individuals, than of
the community. To exhibit the transactions of this in
eTesiing epech IN Connected FORM aud with care md
importantly which may assist the future historian the
WON n"" announced, and in OF prepa ton. will
be published. Ii will be composed from pu lie
chsy; hut other sources of information u also be sor
ted Il" which, though inferior in dignity afford
Illustrations OF the period proposed to be
Inc "HtHory u The Standardization Of JoHN Quincy
ADAMS" viii contain, among topics. the following:
l. preliminary view Of parties in the United States
from the era Of the Confederation the accession
oi JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 10 the Presidency.
2 view OF his life and public services anterior to his
Presidency.
An account OF the connected with his clcou
TO ire Presidency.
q view OF the genius policy, and results of he
Administration, exhibiting the operations Of ga CHI of IN,
PRINCIPAL Departments of the x,cutivc Government Wv
he state, Treasury, War, Navy, aud General Pos, or
hcr; aud comprising the Legislative and Diploma, tic His
"y OF the Onifei States during r9th aud eoth Com
cresRs. ~ va"
D. view "i the state Of the country at the comnnne,
heni and At the termination of his Presidency
o. An account OF the lives, services and cGarae,e,s m
the Members of his Cabinet, &c.
Z; An Appendix "i documentary nd other Illustrations
TERMS.
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ensuing autumn. I'D
IL will form volume Of about FIVE hundred pages ne.
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