Mexico and her military chieftains : from the revolution of Hidalgo to the . - of his country. The wholefamily are said to be distinguished by high talent anddevotion to DON MAKIANO PAKEDES. CHAPTER IX. MARIANO PAREDES Y ARRILLAGA AND DON JUANNEPOMUCENO ALMONTE. Election of Herrera—Paredes pronounces against him—Herreradeposed—Paredes elected President—Deposed—Imprisoned—Escapes to Europe—Almonte—Battle of San Jacinto—Almonte sent minister to England and France—His char-acter. General Paredes is a new man in the history ofMexico, though one of its oldest soldiers, having pa
Mexico and her military chieftains : from the revolution of Hidalgo to the . - of his country. The wholefamily are said to be distinguished by high talent anddevotion to DON MAKIANO PAKEDES. CHAPTER IX. MARIANO PAREDES Y ARRILLAGA AND DON JUANNEPOMUCENO ALMONTE. Election of Herrera—Paredes pronounces against him—Herreradeposed—Paredes elected President—Deposed—Imprisoned—Escapes to Europe—Almonte—Battle of San Jacinto—Almonte sent minister to England and France—His char-acter. General Paredes is a new man in the history ofMexico, though one of its oldest soldiers, having parti-cipated in all the events which have occurred since thedays of Iturbide. He first appears in the history ofhis country when the revolution of 1840, the one whichoverthrew Bustamente, occurred. General Paredes was one of the persons whom Bus-tamente had especially trusted, yet he was one of thosewho first pronounced against him, and evidently wasone of the prime movers of the revolution ; having beenreferred to pointedly by General Valencia, in his pro-clamation of August 30, 1841, in the same paragraphin which he mentions Santa Anna and Cortazar, whoavowedly
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