Cavite

mutiny of
1872
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DELARMENTE DORUPA
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 FILIPINO VERSION OF
THE CAVITE MUTINY OF
1872
By Dr. T.H Pardo de Tavera
Dr. Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera
 Born on April 13, 1875
 Lived in Cablido St., Intramus
 Son of Felix de Tavera and Juliana Gorricho
 Studied in Ateneo Municipal de Manila
 Colegio de San Juan de Letran
 University of Sto. Thomas
 University of the Paris
 University of the Philippines
 Received his licentiate in medicine at the
Faculte de Medicine de Paris in 1800
 THE ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN-GENERAL
RAFAEL DE IZQUIERDO (1871-1873)

“WITH A CRUCIFIX IN ONE HAND AND A SWORD IN THE

OTHER”
HIS GOVERNANCE AND VIEWS WAS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE
LA TORRE VIEWS.
HIS FIRST OFFICIAL ACT WAS TO PROHIBIT THE FOUNDING OF A
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES.
ALL THOSE WHO HAD OFFERED SUPPORT TO EX-GOVERNOR LA
TORRE WERE CLASSED AS PERSONAS SOSPECHOSAS
HE ABOLISH THE PRIVILEGES OF WORKMENS
January 20, 1872
 Uprising among the soldiers in the San Felipe fort, in Cavite, and the
commanding officer and other Spanish officers in the charge of the
fort were assassinated.
 Forty marines attacked to the arsenal and 22 artillerymen under
Sergeant La Madrid took part in the uprising.
 Moret, the colonial minister had drawn up a scheme of reforms by
which he proposed to make a radical change in the colonial system
or government which was to harmonize with the principles for
which the revolution in Spain had been fought.
 Mutiny in Cavite gave the conservative element that is, those who
favored a continuation of the colonial modus vivendi.
Many of the filipinos were
denounced, persecuted and
punished without distinction by
the military authorities; and
they are:
– Sons of spaniards – born in the islands
– Men of mixed blood (spanish and chinese)
– Indians with pure blood – philippine malays
Those who dared to oppose
themselves to the friars with
special severity(were condemned to
death by a military court-martial)
Priests:
– Mariano gomez – a pure-blood tagalog; he vigorously
opposed the friars in the litigation over the curacies in the
various provinces.
– Jose burgos – a half-blood spaniard
– Jacinto zamora – a half-blood chinaman
Sentenced with life imprisonment
on the marianas islands:
– Antonio m. regidor – a lawyer and a councilman in manila
– Joaquin pardo de tavera – lawyer and member of the
administrative council
– P. mendoza – curate of sta. cruz
– Guevarra – curate of quiapo
– The priests mariano sevilla, feliciano gomez, ballesteros, jose
basa
– The lawyers carillo, basa, enriquez, crisanto reyes, maximo
paterno, and many others.
Remote intention

– the remote intention explains that there is a part

where anyone can overthrow a rule for people to
follow. Which is for the filipinos is unjust.
– Spanish kingdom – were defined as powerful and
unsparing
– Government izquierdo – he adopted the unfortunate policy
– The persecutions which began under governor izquierdo were
based on false assumption that the filipino people were desirous
of independence.
– The filipino people had never blamed the spanish nation for the
backward condition in which the islands existed, nor for the
injustices committed in the islands by the spanish officials.
– Many martyrs were found out that those are intelligent and well
to do people , without distinction of color or race or nationality,
were sentenced to death, imprisonment or were expatriated.
– Many years would have been necessary to heal the wounds felt
by the large number of families whose members were made the
victims of the unjust sentences of the military courts-martial.
– Nothing was done by the government to blot out the
recollection of these actions
– On the contrary, it appeared to be its policy to continually
bring up the memory of these occurrences, as a reminder
to the mal-contents of what they had to expect; but the
only thing accomplished was to increase the popular
discontent.
– It was from that time that every disagreement between
the spaniards and the filipinos, However trivial, was given
a racial and political character, every time a friar was
insulted or injured in any way, it was claimed to be an act
of hostility to the spanish nation.
 SPANISH VERSION OF
THE CAVITE MUTINY OF
1872
By Governor General
izquierdo
Official Report of governor izquierdo on
the cavite munity of 1872
– January 23 1872
. Governor General izquierdo reported to the spanish
minister of war, blaming the cavite munity on the native
clergy, some local residents intellectuals and even el eco
filipino.
From the declaration made before fiscal, the
insurrection was motivated and prepared by the native
clergy, mestizos and by the native lawyers and by those
known here as abogadillos
– The instigators, to carry out their criminal project,
protested against the injustice of the government in
not paying the provinces for their tobacco crop and
against the usury the some offcial practise in
handling documents the the finance department give
crop owners who have to sell them a loss.
– The encouraged the rebellion by protesting what
they called the injustice of having obliged the
workers in the cavite arsenal to pay tribute starting
january 1 1872.
 January 20, 1872 - 200 rebel
men launched an attack in
Cavite, targeting the Spanish
officer.

Francisco La Madrid - headed the

fight in Cavite.
The filipinos succeed in attacking
the Cavite for a while.
Reasons of rebellion
Abolition of privileges enjoyed by the Filipinos such
as:
- non payment of tributes
- exemption from force labor
Rebels (Filipinos) wanted to overthrown the Spanish
government, to install new “hari” in the likes of Padre
Borgus and Zamora
Governor Izquierdo ordered the Spanish
reinforcement to end the revolt. The spanish
officials retrieved Cavite from the rebels.
Sergeant La Madrid was killed during the war.
Patriots like Joaquin Pardo de Tavera, Antonio Ma.
Regidor, Jose and Pio Basa and other abogadillos
were suspended by the Audencia (High court) from
the practice of law, arrested and were sentenced to
life imprisonment at the Marianas Island.
GomBurZa (Jose Burgos, Jacinto Zamora,
and Mariano Gomez) were tried by a court
trial.
February 17, 1872 - execution of GomBurZa
in Bagumbayan (Rizal Park) by using garotte.
The execution of Father Burgos, Zamora and
Gomez which in effect a major factor in the
awakening of nationalism among Filipinos.
Secularization
Movement
 Secularization Movement
A royal decree was also issued on November 9, 1774, which
provided for the secularization of parishes or the transfer of
parochial administration from the regular friars to the secular
priests.
1774, Archbishop Basilio Santa JustaDecided to uphold the
diocese's authority over the parishes and acceptedbthe
resignations of the regualr priests. He assigned secualr priests to
take their place. Since there were not enough secular to fill all
the vacancies the Archbishop hastened the ordination of Filipino
Secular.
CONFLICT BEGAN:
Bishop insisted on visiting the parishes that were being run
by regular priests. But the regular priests refused these visits.