Cavite Mutiny of 1872 PDF

CAVITE INCIDENT OF 1872: MUTINY OR REVOLUTION Mutiny: Mutiny is a revolt among a group of people to oppose, change, or remove superiors or their orders. The term is commonly used for insubordination by members of the military against an officer or superior, but it can also sometimes mean any type o...

CAVITE INCIDENT OF 1872: MUTINY OR REVOLUTION Mutiny: Mutiny is a revolt among a group of people to oppose, change, or remove superiors or their orders. The term is commonly used for insubordination by members of the military against an officer or superior, but it can also sometimes mean any type of rebellion against any force. Revolution: an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed; a radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, especially one made suddenly and often accompanied by violence. Three Versions of the Cavite Incident of 1872 Jose Montero y Vidal Dr. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera Governor Rafael de Izquierdo Description of the event He was exaggerating in He described the event as a Izquierdo called the event an describing the event because mere mutiny by the native insurrection, an uprising and a he was narrating the event with Filipino soldiers and laborers of revolution. bias on the side of his race – the the Cavite arsenal. He said that the said Spaniards. It was described that there was conspiracy was motivated and He described the move of the an uprising among the soldiers prepared by the native clergy, native soldiers and laborers as a in the San Felipe Fort in Cavite by the mestizos, native revolt to overthrow Spanish and that they’ve assassinated lawyers and by those who are rule. the commanding officers and known as the abogadillos and The event is a plan to their Spanish officer in charge some from Manila, Cavite and assassinate the Spanish of the fort. other neighboring provinces. officers, the friars, their Forty marines and 22 artillery He also described the event as servants, their masters and the men under Sergeant dela a criminal project. escort of the captain-general in Madrid took part in the To start the revolution, they Malacanang. uprising. planned to set fire in Tondo. It The signal among the They thought that they would will then be followed by conspirators of Cavite and be supported by a bulk of army seizing Fort Santiago while the Manila is the firing of rockets but the reinforcement did not authorities were busy putting but along with the planned arrive causing them to lose the out the fire. uprising is the fiesta in mutiny. They would then fire canons Sampaloc. When the news of the uprising to inform rebels of Cavite their The fireworks display during reached the Spanish officials in success for them to proceed the fiesta were interpreted as Manila, Izquierdo sent with the planned revolution. the start of the planned reinforcement to the Spanish The forces of Cavite are uprising and conspiracy. officers and soldiers and killed artillery detachment and the Lamadrid, the leader of the navy of 500 natives lead by uprising. pardoned leader Camerino. It failed because of the vigilance and alertness of the Spanish navy.  Jose Montero y Vidal Dr. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera Governor Rafael de Izquierdo Reasons for the planned uprising The abolition of the privileges The harsh policy of the It is said that the instigators of enjoyed by the laborers of the despotic governor-general the so-called criminal project Cavite arsenal especially Rafael de Izquierdo who also by Izquierdo protested against exemption from the tribute abolished the privileges of the the injustices of the was the cause of the laborers from the exemption government in not paying the insurrection. from paying the annual tribute provinces for their tobacco and from rendering the polo. crops; injustices of having obliged the workers in the Cavite arsenal to pay tribute and to render polo from which they were formerly exempted. The uprising was planned in order to install a new “hari” in the persons of Fathers Burgos and Zamora. Jose Montero y Vidal Dr. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera Governor Rafael de Izquierdo Description of the mutineers He narrates that the mutineers The mutineers were just the The instigators seduced the are the native soldiers workmen of the Cavite arsenal native troops to join the composed of a multitude of and that they were all natives uprising by saying that the civilians. Their leaders were the of that town and the chief of state would be an native priests and curate of neighboring town of San ecclesiastic and the rest of the Cavite. They have energetic Roque. clergy who’ll join the uprising characters and immense wealth will celebrate daily for its that enables them to have success. strong influences. He also made the native soldiers look like the killers of their own race because he stated that they threatened those who will not join the revolt to be killed immediately. Most of them were civilians and that there were only few mestizos, indios and some ilustrados that were with them were affiliated to a great extend to the regiments of infantry and artillery.  Jose Montero y Vidal Dr. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera Governor Rafael de Izquierdo Response of the colonial government He clearly gave highlights in the It is clearly stated that even The Spanish government took narration that during the before the uprising, the the uprising as an opportunity uprising, the colonial Spanish government did not to shut the influence of the government was so fast in want the Filipinos to speak up secular priests by pointing out responding to the situation. and have influence when it to them as the instigators of The Spanish government comes to politics. the revolution (even if they wanted to avoid unnecessary The prohibition of a founding were not). shedding of blood (that which of a school of arts and trades, Such is your Excellency, the was not indicated in the other organized by the efforts and plan of the rebels, those who versions). funds raised by the natives of guided them, and the means How ironic though that they did standing in the community they counted upon for its not want to shed blood but showed how they feared that if realization. they sentenced to death a lot the natives were educated, the For a long time now, through of the natives, even the more they will initiate changes. confidential information and innocent ones, including the The Government thus secured others of a vaguer character, I GomBurZa just to show to the its object of terrorizing the have been told that since 1869 indios what will happen to Filipino people, but the – taking advantage of a group those who are also trying to go punishments meted out were that had left behind plans for against the government. not only unjust but were from an uprising, but was not every point of view carried out because of the unnecessary, as there had not earthquake of 1862 – there been the remote intention on existed in Manila a junta or the part of anyone to center that sought and found overthrow the Spanish followers; and that as a sovereignty. pretext they had established a society for the teaching of arts and trades. Months ago I suspended it indirectly, giving an account to Your Excellency in my confidential report No. 113 dated August 1, (1871) to which Your Excellency has not yet replied.