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these proceedings and had to be reduced to obedience by the Gyre, the name by which the celebrated Delgado was known. Torres was after- wards assassinated by a companion in a certain quarrel which had its beginning in a game of cards. 'l'he Gyre, who was a bold guerrilJa :fighter and a good patriot, was captured and executed by Colonel An- astacio Ignacio Bustamante, who was later Vice-President of l\Iexico. Thus ended the contest in this portion of the country. Th"e death of :Mina may be considered as the end of what is called the first revolution. In 1819 there was only one general who still maintained a hostile attitude toward the Royalists, and that was the celebrated Guerrero, one of the patriots of the revolution and equalled only by Don Jose :Maria Fernandez, known in history by the name of Guadalupe Victoria, in whom not the least fault could over be found. In this state of affairs Apodaca wrote to the Spanish Govern- ment that the war had ended, that the country was peaceful, and that not another soldier was needed to maintain authority and preserve public order. CHAPTER III. The Constitution restored in Spain. The Viceroy Apodaca opposed to its establishment in Mexico. The Royalists support him. The Clergy in favor of independence. Enthusiasm of the Creoles. Guerrero's forces increase. .Apodaca appoints Iturbide to march against Guerrero and declares in favor of the King's cause and against the Constitution. He takes the command of the army from .Armijo and gives it to Iturbide. The latter marches against Guerrero. He appropriates a million dollars which he had been ordered to take to .Acapulco. Joins Guerrero. Declares in favor of the independence of the country. Plan of Iguala. .Apodaca retired from office by the Spaniards and Novella put in his place. Linan follows Iturbide. The war is weakly supported by the Royalists. Many of the Spaniards desert the royalist cause and join Iturbide. .Arrival of the new Viceroy, Odonoju. Cordova Treaty. Entrance of the independents into Mexico City. End of the Revolution. CHAPTER III. Apodaca was mistaken. This triumph of despotism was not long- lived. The nation had dropped asleep for a moment; but it awoke with renewed vigor. The people were tired, but not conquered. The love of liberty. still animated them, and the patriots only awaited an opportune time to begin hostilities again. Such was the sentiment prevailing in the country when the triumph of the liberal party in Spain and the restoration of the Constitution gave a new impulse to the Mexican nation and awakened a general desire to begin another war. The Constitution was received in :Mexico in April, 1820 with orders from the mother country to publish it and swear to it, which were carried out without delay. Nevertheless, the Viceroy and the mon- archical party well knew that, although the perjurer Fernando VII had sworn to uphold the Constitution, nothing would please him more than to see it destroyed and its establishment in the colonies preYented. Therefore, Apodaca, together with a ·small party of the obstinate de- fenders of an unlimited monarchy, ~ecretly decided to oppose it. l\Iany of the royalists who were opposed to the independence of the country and desired a limited monarchy, ho,YeYer, were in farnr of the liberal
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