John Louis O'sullivan Manifest Destiny Thesis

The idea that we Americans are entitled to the land we see before us is as old as the soil we stand on. We marched through the lands rallying out that it belongs to us, but it wasn’t until 1845 that we had a name for this philosophy. John Louis O’Sullivan earned his claim in history by providing a way to annex Texas and Oregon Country with the simple battle cry “Manifest Destiny”. After beginning his life on the sea, moving on to begin United States Magazine and Democratic Review in Washington, and finally moving to New York to live out the rest of his life, O’Sullivan will always be remembered in our textbooks as the man who provided a reasoning for our forefathers taking land.
O’Sullivan was born on the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean
At the ripe age of eighteen, he attended Columbia College in New York City to study law. He succeeded and became a lawyer, but had a career changed when in 1837 he cofounded and held the position of editor of United States Magazine and Democratic Review. In this monthly paper, he expressed and advocated for his very strong opinions such as elimination of the death penalty and rights for women and working people. While all of his papers had a lasting impact on society, his most important issue of the paper was the July-August edition of 1845 in which was published the essay John L. O’Sullivan wrote titled “Annexation”. The essay demanded for the expansion into Republic of Texas, as this was not only wanted by Texas herself but for it was America’s manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our years multiplying millions. With that reason and the first mention of “manifest destiny”, which is widely believed to be coined by John L.
Sadly, five years later, investors were displeased with his management skills of money so he lost control of United States Magazine and Democratic Review. That same year, he married Susan Kearny Rodgers, daughter of Dr. Kearny Rodgers, on October 21 in the year 1846. The newlyweds honeymooned in the country of Cuba. This is when the young editor became involved the effort to win Cuba’s independence from the Spanish rule. His role was raising money for country, because of this O’Sullivan was charged for not obeying the Neutrality Act, a document that stated that America as a whole was to stray from international affairs. His trail was on March in 1852. It ended with a verdict not being agreed upon, so his only punishment was his reputation and pride being damaged. On February 16, 1854 he was appointed Chiefs of Missions for Portugal. He later resigned to become United States Minister to Portugal as he was appointed June 29,