SOLD – Henry Clay Places Propriety and Principle Over Special Interests
"...it does not comport with my ideas of propriety or expediency to make the application which they desire.".
In the 1820’s, John J. Borie owned an importing and shipping business that shipped goods to France, Mexico and South America, and was also a partner in a cotton mill in Philadelphia with his brother-in-law Peter Laguerenne (the firm was known as Borie & Laguerenne). The family was wealthy and well-connected, and...
In the 1820’s, John J. Borie owned an importing and shipping business that shipped goods to France, Mexico and South America, and was also a partner in a cotton mill in Philadelphia with his brother-in-law Peter Laguerenne (the firm was known as Borie & Laguerenne). The family was wealthy and well-connected, and John’s son Adolph would serve as President Grant’s Secretary of the Navy. They approached Clay, then Secretary of State, to intervene in a matter on their behalf. Perhaps the request related to problems they were experiencing as a result of the turmoil in Latin America. In any event, Clay thought it was inappropriate, and in refusing, made it clear that special interests would not dictate the government’s actions.
Autograph Letter Signed, February 13, 1826. “I return you the letter of Mess. Borie & Laguerenne and regret that, after all that had occurred, it does not comport with my ideas of propriety or expediency to make the application which they desire.” Clay was a man of principle, as illustrated here, which was one of the reasons he was a hero to young Abraham Lincoln.
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