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Johannsen, Robert W. Sampson, Robert Dean 2011-05-07T12:06:26Z 2011-05-07T12:06:26Z 10000-01-01 1995 "This dissertation addresses the writings and activities of John Louis O'Sullivan (1813-1895) primarily during the years he conducted the United States Magazine and Democratic Review and the New York Morning News. Originator of the term ""manifest destiny,"" O'Sullivan was a leading exponent of ""romantic democracy,"" a world view that perceived the hand of Providence in the workings and will of the majority. Through his writings for the magazine and newspaper, O'Sullivan gave eloquent expression to the tenets of the radical Jacksonian Democracy--hostility to legislatively-chartered, exclusive banking corporations, advocacy of free trade and the certainty that if left free of government interference American society would evolve into one based on equality of opportunity supported by successful small producers and farmers. A loyal, though often sorely-tested supporter of Martin Van Buren, O'Sullivan helped two Presidents of the United States negotiate patronage matters with Van Buren's wing of the New York Democracy. This work argues that O'Sullivan played a central role in articulating the vision of America and its future held by many in the mid-nineteenth century Democratic Party. O'Sullivan emerges as a romantic, ultimately tragic figure, defeated in part by his own often contradictory character and the forces he feared would control American society." Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:06:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9543715.pdf: 19625423 bytes, checksum: ec0267fb551fe84194509269216934a7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1995 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:36:43Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:14:55-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI9543715 (UMI)AAI9543715 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19403 eng Copyright 1995 Sampson, Robert Dean Biography American Studies History, United States Mass Communications "'Under the banner of the democratic principle': John Louis O'Sullivan, the democracy and the ""Democratic Review""" text History University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D. History