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There are two main reasons:

First, Mexico was a sovereign nation and to help Texas, especially before it had won the rebellion, would be to encroach upon Mexico's sovereignty.

Second, Texas would most likely enter the Union as a slave state. By the 1840s, it was obvious to many policymakers that slavery was becoming a decisive issue. In fact, for most of the nineteenth century there was a gag rule in Congress against the issue. Consequently, Congress was delayed in officially annexing and admitted Texas.

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