Iturbide writes in his memoirs that such an offering required musing over it , but that he ultimately turned it down .
Iturbide considered Hidalgo 's uprising ill - executed and Iturbide 's methods barbaric .
Iturbide writes in his memoirs that such an offering required musing over it , but that he ultimately turned it down because he considered Hidalgo 's uprising ill - executed and his methods barbaric .