Zapotlan, Zacoalco, and other places threatened by the insurgents, and having arranged that the different divisions of his army should arrive at Guadalajara on the 27th and 28th, he resumed his march to that city.
After the dispersion of the insurgents at Calderon, Hidalgo continued his flight to Zacatecas, whither Iriarte had retired with a considerable force[1] and a large sum of money. But before reaching that city he was deposed. Overtaken by Allende, Arias, and other leaders at the hacienda del Pabellon, he was compelled by them to resign his position as generalissimo in favor of Allende. From the first, Allende had not been fully in accord with Hidalgo; he had constantly disagreed with him as to the conduct of the war. But Allende and the others could not draw people to the standard like Hidalgo. They were better soldiers, perhaps, but were not necessarily better men. Allende was a strict disciplinarian, a humane man as the times went, and honorable far above the average leader on either side. He and his fellow-officers were dependent on Hidalgo at the first more than now; at all events, they now conspired against his authority, and threatened him with death if he declined to surrender his command.[2] Henceforth he was little more than a prisoner in their hands. He was used as a figure-head; his presence was deemed necessary, but he was allowed no voice in the movement he had been the first to take part in. His presence with the army was still deemed necessary, but his influence with regard to future action was gone, his advice was not sought, and his authority a mere show. His movements, moreover, were closely watched, and he understood that orders were
- ↑ Bustamante, followed by Alaman, incorrectly states that Hidalgo joined Iriarte at Aguascalientes. Iriarte had retired to Zacatecas when Calleja passed through Lagos. Calleja, in Hernandez y Dávalos, Col. Doc., ii. 355.
- ↑ The surrender was made only verbally in the presence of the chiefs. This informal action caused Negrete to disbelieve the whole statement, Mex. Sig. XIX., iii. 53-4. But Hidalgo himself so stated it at his trial. Hernandez y Dávalos, Col. Doc., i. 8.
