Why did northerns oppose the annexation of texas?

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Match the vocabulary word with its meaning. 1. desecrate accepting the different views or beliefs of others 2. tolerance any conditions related to the internal affairs of a nation 3. domestic to destroy or damage offensively a sacred object or thing 4. envoy an official diplomat or representative of a nation

Which puritan belief does this quote reflect? "the eyes of all people are upon us. so that if we shall deal falsely with our god in this work we have we shall be made a story and a by-word throughout the world."