Read the excerpt from an 1845 essay by John L. O'Sullivan and answer the question.
"It is now time for the opposition to the Annexation of Texas to cease. . . . It is time for the common duty of Patriotism to the Country to succeed. . . .

[O]ther nations have undertaken to intrude themselves into it . . . in a spirit of hostile interference against us, for the avowed object of thwarting our policy and hampering our power, limiting our greatness and checking the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions."

What method of persuasion does O'Sullivan use to support his idea that the annexation of Texas is the "manifest destiny" of the United States?



He appeals to the reader's sense of nationalism and American exceptionalism.

He cites previous military victories and accomplishments of Americans.

He uses reasoning and logical arguments to make a case for expansion.

He invokes the reader's sense of moral justice and desire to spread democracy.