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Rh clergy and the pious, frequently attended church, visited the shrine of the vírgen de Guadalupe, took the communion in public, and even went so far as to ap point himself a chaplain. He also pardoned deserters from the army, and liberated some prisoners, but at the same time filled the jails with liberals accused of plotting. The eastern states, on the other hand, formed a league, and Vidaurri was organizing forces to oppose the reaction. Manuel Doblado headed

another coalition in the interior for the same purpose. It was he who declared that retractions in articulo mortis counted for nothing. This last-named league presented a resolute aspect, Parrodi decreeing on the 15th of January that anti-constitutionalists should be dealt with as conspirators. Zuloaga and his supporters paid no heed to that threat other than to organize forces with the money supplied by the clergy.