The special procedures for the amendment of some constitutions have proven to be so exacting that of proposed amendments either few (8 Amendments out of 44 proposed), as in Australia, or none, as in Japan, have been passed over a period of several decades.
Newspaper editor John O'Sullivan coined the term Manifest Destiny in 1845 to describe the essence of this mindset, which was a rhetorical tone. It was used by Democrats in the 1840s to justify the war with Mexico and it was also used to divide half of Oregon with the United Kingdom.But Manifest Destiny always limped along because of its internal limitations and the issue of slavery, says Merk. It never became a national priority.t was used by Democrats in the 1840s to justify the war with Mexico and it was also used to divide half of Oregon with the United Kingdom. But Manifest Destiny always limped along because of its internal limitations and the issue of slavery, says Merk.
Manifest Destiny was not something that could succeed or fail, it was a philosophy or view of history.Manifest Destiny was the view that it was the obvious destiny of the United States to span the American continent, from Atlantic to Pacific.anifest Destiny was a belief in the 1830s and 1840s that the  divine right of the US was to expand westward toward the Pacific  Ocean and conquer the entire continent (un â¦ occupied except by the  native tribes).