History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1 Page: 206
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HISTORY OF TEXAS.
royalist cause ; but he saw in the late revulsion of popular feel-
ing, and in his present position, that a change of sides would
be to his advantage. After forming his plans, and securing
the co-operation of the clergy, together with the aid of the
patriots Guerrero, Asensio, and Bradburn, he seized a million
of dollars of the king's treasure, then on its way to Acapulco
for transportation, and issued his pronunciamento, drawn up at
Iguala. This document proposed the independence of Mexico;
that the government should be a constitutional, limited mon-
archy; that the crown should be tendered to the Bourbon fam-
ily in succession, commencing with King Ferdinand VII.; if
they all refused, then the Mexican cortes should designate the
monarch ; and that the Roman catholic religion should be pro-
tected.
The pronunciamento was dated on the 24th of February,
1821. Iturbide sent a copy of the plan to the viceroy, for his
approbation. Apodaca,, left to himself, would have concurred
in it ; but he was overruled by his council, and Field-Marshal
Linan despatched with an army against Iturbide. The latter,
however, having the patriots, a good portion of the Spaniards,
and, above all, the clergy, on his side, had taken Acapulco,
and was on his march to Valladolid, before Linan left the capi-
tal. The whole country was soon in arms. The royalists
were everywhere defeated; and those of them yet remaining
in the city of Mexico, suspecting the fidelity of Apodaca, pro-
ceeded, on the 5th of July following, to imprison him, and place
General Novella in the viceregal chair.
A few days after this event, Lieutenant-General Don Juan
O'Donojd, who had been sent out by the reformed government
of Spain as captain-general and political chief of Mexico, ar-
rived at Vera Cruz. Learning the state of things then exist-
ing, he wrote to Iturbide, applauding what he had done, and3FAMEMER, VEN, m
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Yoakum, H. (Henderson K.), 1810-1856. History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1, book, 1855; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2385/m1/214/: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.