Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-16
PROSPECTUS
or Il HISTORY or TIE ADMINISTRATIONS OF
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

president OJ' the United STATES oF qner;co
M UGH OF the uneertai ny which ds6gutes the his,o.
AtA ~ OF the World might have been vode adj il,
events been more generally recorded the
OF their occurrence The preudioes often incde mt to wri-
ers VII" treat OF contemporary events may INDEED thro
uspcHn on their hdey; but this suspicion, by melting
examination OF their statements, subjects their errors N
CORRECTION and thus promotes the asceTainment truth
onte Other hand when history, the mpu ton of
yielding tn the Sympahes Of the present time, posiuoues
her Office I'LL she the unnpa Ssioned nj
past age, she mpars her usefulness in the hope Of aug
menng her dignity: for duIng the interval
"f InIoTmation' OF which the value important nd the
loss Sirfcrievab, have vanished, while Others which
empni criticism would have rejected falla re-
main anu are ~ed on opinions become insepa rably min
ged "h hcis, floating mscoUce rtons are embodied ana
uuh often becomes the victim oil tradition. d.
~ no era of the American Republic has il becn more I'M
P"'dn' """ now 49, that narrative Of public events
should he prepared under the full light Of cont.
observations The Administration of Pesideut Ata,na t =
existed ""shout period Of popular exc,eme so gene
'H at us acts nave been regarded rather objects Of
aNck ana defence than as the operations of great Re
public through its constituted rather as events
ectS the character and fortunes Of individuals than of
the community To exhibit the transactions OF this in
eTesHg epoch ~ Connected form, nd with ca re and
mpariialny which may the future historian the
work nov announced, and in a Of prrpa ton vii
he published II will be- composed public doe me
chiefly; hui other snurccs Of will be rcsor
TED to- which, though inferior in dignity afford important
Illustrations Of the period proposed be com
The "Hisiory Of the Naturalization Of JoHH QCINCY
ADAMS VIII contain, among its topics, the following:
from The era ut the Confederation the accessou
Of JoHN QUiNoY ADAMS to the Presidency.
2 view Of his life and public services anterior To his
Presidency.
IN account ofihs connected with his election
to The Presidency.
a. view Of the gemus policy, md results Of he
Administrations exhibiting the operations of cb of the
principal Departments of the TX, cuse Government viz
the State Treasury, War Navy, aud General Post or
fee; and comprising the Legislative aud lomstic His
tory Of tie United States during the 18Th aud 2U Con
greSscs.
D. view Of the stale uf the county 1T the Commence
ment n I'd 1T the termination Of his Presidency.
o. An accut Of the lives, services aud characters o
tie Members " his Cabinet, Sc.
Z. An Appendix Of documentary and other Illustrations
of the text.
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