Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-09-07
PROSPECTUS
or HISTORY or THE REPRESENTATIVES, or
JOHN QUINC ADAMS,
President If The United States of .qmey;c

President u The United States of America.
~ CCH OF the uncertainty which ~dis6gures the his,o-
Iva ~ OF the World might have been avoided, had its
events oeen ihoie geuerdny recorded AT or near the uetiud
oil their occurrence. The prejudices often iuciden,,o wti-
tiers VINO treat OF contemporary events NAV indeed th,o.
Suspicion on their tdelity; but this suspicion, by melting
examination OF their state meuis, subjects their error ~
correction, and thus promotes the ascertainment o( ,,,,t,
Onthe other hand, when history, to escap pc the impu,a,ioo of
yielding To the syn'pathies Of the present time, posipoues
her Office I'LL she car seem the unimpa sSioued ~ vie ,veI m n
past age, she impairs her usefulness im the hope of An,
menting her dignity: for duIiHE the interval. mauv s.u,,s,
Oh inIn'"Is'ion' OF winch the value was impoItant and the
loss rs irretrievable, have vanished, while Others. wbicl, con-
temporary criticism would have rejected as fallacious 20.
main and are relied on; opinions become insepatabIv 'Mn
gled with facts, floating miscnuce ptions are embodisd al
truth often becomes the victim Of tradition.
Atnoefa fthe American Republic has. it been mo,s ,,,.
VoItdnt thanH now is, that a narrative Of public events
should be prepared under the full light of contemporary
"bsefVation. The Administration of President Adams bn.
existed throughout a period OF popular excitement so p,n,-
rail- that its acts have been regarded rather as obieets nj
attack and defence' than as the operations Of "a grea, Re.
public through It's constituted organs; rather as events AZ
lecting the character and fortunes Of individuals. than ~
the community. 10 exhibit the transactions OF this in.
tcres''ng epoch ~ a connected form, and with a care aud
impaninhty which may assist the future historian. tho
work now announced, aud in a course Of prepar ton, will
be published. IL will be composed from public documents
chiefly; but other sources Of information viii also be resor-
ted io' which, though inferior IN dignity, ohord inportan,
Illustrations Of the period proposed TO be com nem,ra ted
The ~HtstOy Of tie Administration Of JOHN QurNCy
ADAMS" will contain, among its topics, the following:
" WV W pulA lh ne Onllt0 state
from the era Of the Confederation IN that nf the access,or
Of JOHN QUIscY ADAMS to the Presidency.
2. a view of his life and public services, ahteticr 10 hi,
Presidency.
3. An account Of the events connected with his eIee ,io,
TO the Presidency.
q. n view Of the genius, policy, acts and results of h.
administration, exhibiting the operations Of each Of m,
principal Departments OF the Executive Government VIZ
The State, Treasury, War, Navy, aud General Posi.OC
ice; ana comprising tic legislative aud Diplomatic HE
tory OF Ie United States during the 18Th and 2Otl, Con.
gfesses.
B.. view OF the state If the country at the comms,,.
mrni and at the termination Of his Proficiency.
o. An account OF the lives, services aud chsrscte,e n
the Members of his Cabinet. &c.
z. An Appendix of documentary and other ilus,rs,ic,s
of the text.
TERMS.
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ensuing suumu
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iaYo' aud will BE- furnished ~ Boards At three dousr ,s,
copy. p'
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hsnis desired thai the History" &c. shall be prep,.
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