Answer:
Mirabeau Lamar
Explanation:
Mirabeau Lamar was known as the second President of the Republic of Texas.
According to Mirabeau Lamar, Texas had all of the resources necessary in order to be an independent country without having to leech of the US' central government.
He believed that affiliating themselves with the other states will only provide the central government with the opportunity to extract the resources in Texas and reduce the opportunities for the locals/
