"Supporters of the All-Mexico movement stated that Mexicans "would learn to love her ravishers," while columnist and editor John O'Sullivan argued that the influx of white Americans into recently conquered territory would lead to both uplift and absorption. In his 1845 declaration of "manifest destiny," O'Sullivan described an "irresistible of Anglo-Saxon[s]" bringing with them "the plough and the rifle... schools and colleges, courts and representative halls, mills and meeting-houses," that would ultimately lead Mexicans to "simply melt into American society as they experienced the benefits of American civilization." Describing the "Mexican race" as "perfectly accustomed to being conquered," an 1847 New York Sun editorial echoed O'Sullivan by asserting that "the only new lesson we shall teach is that our victories will give liberty, safety, and prosperity to the vanquished.... To liberate and ennoble... not to enslave and debase-is our mission.""