Sam Houston and Texas was more than fair with Santa Anna after what he did at The Alamo and Goliad and you had a LOT of Mexicans that fought for Texas independence.

Texas also isn't going Blue anytime soon. Every election cycle I keep hearing how it will happen and yet the State gets more and more red. We haven't elected a single Dem to ANY Statewide race since 1994. Even the heavily Hispanic areas of South Texas are starting to elect Republicans. The Dem Party is becoming more and more limited to a few urban areas in the State as well as a few other strong minority population areas such as the Golden Triangle and parts of South Texas (though fewer and fewer Dems are "safe" anymore). Many Hispanics here are married in with caucasian families and many are multi generational Texans that are upper middle class or above. There are certainly some very poor Hispanics in Texas but there are an awful lot who are not and they don't vote Democrat. The African American population is barely 11% and actually declining as an overall percentage (they still generally vote heavily Dem).

Small government, pro liberty, low tax, pro business government works here and it works really, really well. Our biggest problem for the future is having to support the rest of the country. There are also probably more Texas flags displayed in this State than American flags.