By his apologists, it was argued, "that filial piety to his adopted father, the distraction of the times, and the ruin of the laws, made the part he took in the civil wars an act of necessity; and civil war can neither be undertaken or conducted on principles of honour and strict justice.
Batzuek zioten bere aitarekiko pietateak eta errepublikaren krisiak, non ez baitzen orduan legeentzako tokirik, eraman zutela gerra zibilera, zeina ez baitago prestatzerik ez burutzerik moralaren arabera.