Annexing Texas

In 1837 the United States had been presented the option of accepting a new state, Texas. I'd think it was a wise decision to not accept. Texas had just come out of a civil war with Mexico. I believe that it would've indeed caused hostility with Mexico. Not only that, but the idea was still being debated within the states. The South wanted a new slave state, and the north wanted another state against it. It would've tipped the political balance of the country,which in the end contributed to the civil war. Texas's split from Mexico was already the result of American rowdiness. Our settlers had come in and disobeyed the laws of the Mexicans. If we came and annexed them it simply wouldn't have looked good.While Mexico did not follow through when it threatened to declare war if the United States annexed Texas, the relationship between the two nations were still tense due to the disputed border with Texas. And it's understandable, though its still not as bad as we had feared. The Mexicans had argued that the border only extended to the Nueces River, several miles to the north of the Rio Grande. According to what we declared, however,  Texas included significant portions of what is today New Mexico and Colorado, and the western and southern portions of Texas itself, which they claimed extended to the Rio Grande River. The loss of territory Mexico suffered is un-ignorable. As far as America is concerned, annexing Texas simply added to the wealth of the country, so in the end, it was a smart move.