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Ely Moore was born on July 4, 1798, near Belvidere, New Jersey. He was the son of Moses and Mary (Coryell) Moore and the descendant of John Moore who emigrated from England and settled in Lynn, Massachusetts, before 1641.
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Excerpt from Remarks of Mr. Ely Moore, of New York, in the House of Representatives, February 4, 1839, on Presenting a Remonstrance From Citizens of the District of Columbia Against the Reception of Abolition Petitions, &C It IS true, and to my mind it is as strange as it is true, that the Congress of 1789 deemed proper to propose an amendmentto the constitution, recog fiising the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The statesmen of that day, as Well as those of the present, were too much in the habit of looking to England, not only for precedents, but for political principles and practices. And from that source did they derive their ideas concerning the sanctity arid importance of the right of the people to assemble and, petition their Government. That the right of petition has ever been held dear and sacred by the Oppressed and down trodden subjects of Great Britain, 18 not' to be'i'narvelled at. Nothing could be more natural than that a people, whose political franchises had been wrenched from them by the iron hand of despoticpower, shaald esteem it a boon to be graciously permitted to assemble, and make known their wrongs, and to petition, to supplicate for redress. It was the only avenue to the throne which tyranny had left them; the only mode to obtain, or rather to solicit, redress, which the sove reignhad vouchsafed to them. The grievances complained of by British subjects - I s'peak particularly in reference to by-gone times - were mostly. General in their effects, and political in their character, and originated with the Government. And' the only general or political remedy, if remedyxit, could be called, which the subjects were permitted to apply, was to assem~ ble and petition the Crown relative thereto. Hence, ever associated with the right of petition is the idea of an expression of the public senti ment, or of the public will. But with what propriety this identical idea has been transferred to the American constitution, I confess I am at a loss. To determine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Ely Moore was born on July 4, 1798, near Belvidere, New Jersey. He was the son of Moses and Mary (Coryell) Moore and the descendant of John Moore who emigrated from England and settled in Lynn, Massachusetts, before 1641.
Moore's education was received partly in the public schools of his birthplace and partly in New York City, where he studied medicine.
After a few years of practice, Moore abandoned the profession of medicine to become a printer at a time when great changes were taking place in the printing industry and when technical knowledge on the part of publishers was becoming of less importance than business ability. Men with ambitions and those wishing to promote some special interest, such as politics, agriculture, or labor were crowding into the trade. In 1833, he was elected the first president of the newly formed federation of craft unions of the city of New York, the General Trades' Union, and he edited a paper, the National Trades' Union, which became its official organ. He was chosen a member of a special commission appointed to investigate the subject of the competition of convict labor from state prisons hired out to contractors. The commission's report approving the continuation of prison labor was not at all satisfactory to the workingmen, who held a public meeting, condemned the report, and demanded his resignation. The demand was not enforced, and the same year he was chosen for a more prominent position in labor politics.
In 1834, there was convened in New York a national convention of trades unions with delegates from six eastern cities which took the name of National Trades' Union, electing him its chairman. This position of prominence became a stepping stone to political preferment. The early trade unions had taken a strong stand against political activities, and the politicians, on their side, distrusted the unionists because of their fondness for forming independent parties. However, in New York at this time a working agreement existed with Tammany Hall, and with Tammany support, he was elected in 1834 as representative in Congress. Two years later, the workingmen claimed that Tammany had not kept its pledges, deserted, and joined the Equal Rights party. In spite of the fact that he was again a Tammany candidate, he received the workingmen's votes and was reelected to Congress. At the expiration of his second term in 1839, he was appointed surveyor of the port of New York, and in 1845 marshal for the southern district of New York. After a few years, he retired to his birthplace in New Jersey where he became the publisher and editor of the Warren Journal. About 1850, he emigrated to Kansas and in 1853 became the agent for the Miami and other Indian tribes. Two years later, he was appointed the register of the United States land office at Lecompton, Kansas. In this position, he served until his death.
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Moore was married twice: first, to Emma Contant who bore him six children and, second, to Mrs. Clara Baker.