Washington believes that government is the edifice of the real independence. Washington urges that the "love of liberty", and the ''glory of government'', together represents the one strong nation. The real independence lies in the unity of government which is important to the citizens of the United States because unity supports our independence, peace, safety, prosperity, and liberty.
Citizens of the new republic were overwhelming in favor of Texas becoming a state in the United States—many motivated in part by concern that Mexico might try
