What was the original meaning of the concept of manifest destiny?

Question: What was the original meaning of the concept of manifest destiny!?

And who espoused it!? And when did it begin!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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A doctrine used to rationalize U!.S!. territorial expansion in the 1840s and 1850s!. It asserted that expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable!. The phrase was coined by the U!.S!. journalist John L!. O'Sullivan, and was initially used in regard to Mexican and Indian land in Texas and the Southwest!. The concept was invoked later in a dispute with Great Britain over Oregon and in relation to territory controlled by the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War (1898)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It was that insanity that made AmeriKans think they had a God Given destiny to TAKE OVER THE WHOLE WORLD!.!.!. and they would have tried to annex Japan if the Pacific Ocean was not there!.

It led directly to the Mexican/AmeriKan war, the terrible crimes against humanity towards the indians in the west and southwest and human misery on a grand scale!.!. all in the name of a 'Great AmeriKa'!.!.!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

It is the philosophy of Andrew Jackson (who just happens to be the first democrat) (look it up) that gives the federal government to "buy" the land of anyone who is living on property deemed as "crucial" to the geater country!.!.!.in otherwords!.!.!.they can steal your land , based on a price they DECIDE !.!.!.and give it to someone else!.!.!.!.does it sound familiar!?!.!.!.!.!.income redistribution!? someone is going to try it agin in a few months!.!.!.can you guess who!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Manifest destiny was the want and push to move west!. It was stirred after the Louisiana Purchase, and Lewis and Clark came back from the west coast!.Www@QuestionHome@Com