The Cavite Munity; Spanish and Filipino Version.pdf

the cavite mutiny of the philippines in 1886

1. TheSpanishand
FilipinoVersions
TheCaviteMunity;

2. INTRODUCTION
TheCaviteMutinyof1872wasapivotaluprisingbymilitarypersonnelatFortSanFelipe,the
SpanisharsenalinCavite,Philippines.Thiseventmarkedanearlyattemptatrevolutionas
participantsbelieveditwouldsparkalargernationaluprising.Unfortunately,therevoltwas
unsuccessful,leadingtosevererepercussions;manyparticipantswereexecuted,andgovernment
forcesintensifiedtheircrackdownontheburgeoningnationalistmovement.
ScholarswidelyregardthismutinyasthecatalystforFilipinonationalism,layingthegroundwork
forthePhilippineRevolutionof1896.Thesignificanceofthisuprisingresonatesthroughhistory,
rememberedasoneofthetwelveeventsthatprofoundlyinfluencedPhilippinehistory.
AkeyaspectoftheCaviteMutinywasitsimpactonnotablefigureslikeGomBurZa—Mariano
Gómez,JoséApolonioBurgos,andJacintoZamora.ThesethreeFilipinopriestswereexecutedon
February17,1872,inBagumbayan,Manila,underchargesofsubversionlinkedtothemutiny.Their
deathsleftanindeliblemarkontheFilipinoconsciousness;nationalheroJoséRizaleven
dedicatedhisnovelElFilibusterismototheirmemory.TheCaviteMutinyservesasacrucial
chapterinthenarrativeofFilipinoidentityandresistanceagainstcolonialrule.

3. SpanishVersion
TheSpanishversionoftheCaviteMutinyof1872waswrittenbythe
Spanishhistorian,JoseMonteroyVidal,inhisbookentitledHistoria
GeneraldeFilipinas(Madrid,1895,Vol.III,pp.566-595.)Thisnarrativeof
MonteroyVidal,1normallyagoodhistorian,wassowoefullybiasedthat
Dr.T.H.PardodeTaveracommentedthathe,“innarratingtheCavite
episode,doesnotspeakasahistorian;hespeaksasaSpaniardbenton
pervertingthefactsathispleasure;heismischievously
partial.”2Unsupportedbypositivedocumentaryevidence,thisSpanish
historianexaggeratedthemutinyofafewdisgruntlednativesoldiers
andlaborersintoarevolttooverthrowSpanishrule—aseditious
movement—andinvolvedtheinnocentFilipinopatrioticleader
includingFathers,Gomez,Burgos,andZamora,JoseMa.Basa,Antonio
Ma.Regidor,JoaquinPardodeTavera,andothers.MonteroyVidal’s
versionoftheCaviteepisodeof1872inEnglishtranslationfollows:

4. SpanishVersion
TheSpanishhistorianJoséMonteroyVidalprovidedanarrativeoftheCaviteMutinyinhiswor
k"HistoriaGeneraldeFilipinas."Hisaccount,however,hasbeencriticizedforitsbias,portraying
themutinyasasignificantrevoltaimedatoverthrowingSpanishruleratherthanamere
insurrectionbydisgruntledsoldiers
MonteroyVidaldescribedthecontextleadingtothemutiny,highlightingthepoliticalclimatein
SpainandtheinfluenceofrevolutionaryideasthatreachedthePhilippines.Henotedthatthe
abolitionofprivilegesforlaborersattheCavitearsenalwasaprimarycatalystfortheuprising.
Themutineersbelievedtheycouldsparkalargernationaluprising,buttheirplanswerethwarted
byaseriesofmiscommunicationsandmisunderstandings,particularlymistakingfireworksfora
signaltorevolt

5. FilipinoVersionDr.TrinidadHermenigildoPardodeTavera,aFilipinoscholarandresearcher,wrotetheFilipinoversionofthe
bloodyincidentinCavite.Inhispointofview,theincidentwasameremutinybythenativeFilipinosoldiersand
laborersoftheCavitearsenalwhoturnedouttobedissatisfiedwiththeabolitionoftheirprivileges.
Indirectly,TaverablamedGov.Izquierdo'scold-bloodedpoliciessuchastheabolitionofprivilegesofthe
workersandnativearmymembersofthearsenalandtheprohibitionofthefoundingofschoolofartsand
tradesfortheFilipinos,whichthegeneralbelievedasacover-upfortheorganizationofapoliticalclub.
On20January1872,about200mencomprisedofsoldiers,laborersofthearsenal,andresidentsofCavite
headedbySergeantLamadridroseinarmsandassassinatedthecommandingofficerandSpanishofficersin
sight.Theinsurgentswereexpectingsupportfromthebulkofthearmyunfortunately,thatdidn'thappen.The
newsaboutthemutinyreachedauthoritiesinManilaandGen.Izquierdoimmediatelyorderedthereinforcement
ofSpanishtroopsinCavite.

6. Backgroundand
CausesThemutinywasprimarilytriggeredbytheabolitionofcertainprivilegespreviouslyenjoyedby
FilipinolaborersandsoldiersattheCavitearsenal,suchasexemptionsfromtributeand
forcedlabor(poloyservicio).TheharshpoliciesimplementedbyGovernor-GeneralRafael
Izquierdo,whoruledwithanironfist,exacerbatedtensionsamongthelocalpopulace.The
mutineersbelievedthattheiractionswouldsparkabroaderuprisingagainstSpanishrule,
influencedbyrevolutionaryideascirculatingfromSpainandtheUnitedStates.

7. TheUprising
OnthenightofJanuary20,theFilipinosoldiersmistakenlyinterpretedfireworks
fromalocalfestivalasasignaltorevolt.TheyseizedcontrolofFortSanFelipe,
killingseveralSpanishofficers.However,theirplansquicklyunraveledasthey
failedtoreceivetheanticipatedsupportfromotherFilipinotroopsstationedin
Manila.TheSpanishauthoritiesrespondedswiftly,sendingreinforcementsto
suppresstheuprising

8. Conclusion
TheCaviteMutinyof1872isapivotaleventinPhilippinehistory,markingthebeginningofa
nationalisticmovementthatwouldeventuallyleadtothePhilippineRevolution.Theharsh
responsefromtheSpanishcolonialgovernmentonlyfueledthedesireforindependenceamong
Filipinos,settingthestageforfutureuprisingsandtheeventualestablishmentofthePhilippine
Republic.
Aftermath
Themutinywasswiftlyquelled,leadingtosevererepercussionsfortheparticipants.
Governor-GeneralIzquierdoorderedtheexecutionofmanyinvolved,includingthe
prominentFilipinopriestsknownasGomburza(Gomez,Burgos,andZamora),who
werefalselyimplicatedasinstigatorsoftherevolt.TheirexecutiononFebruary17,
1872,becamearallyingpointforFilipinonationalistsandsignificantlyinfluencedthe
growingmovementforindependence

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