Primary Source: Excerpts From Plauchut's Account of The Cavite Mutiny
Primary Source: Excerpts From Plauchut's Account of The Cavite Mutiny
Primary Source: Excerpts From Plauchut's Account of The Cavite Mutiny
ANALYSIS:
The arrival in Manila of General Izquierdo put a sudden end to all dreams of
reforms the prosecutions instituted by the now Governor General were
probably expected as a result of the bitter disputes between the Filipino
clerics and the friars. Such a policy must really end in a strong desire on the
part of the other to repress cruelly.
In regard to schools, it was previously decreed that there should be in
Manila a Society of Arts and Trades to be opened in March of 1871 to
repress the growth of liberal teachings, General Izquierdo suspended the
opening of the school the day previous to the scheduled inauguration.
The Filipinos had a duty to render service on public roads construction and
pay taxes every year. But those who were employed at the maestranza of
the artillery, in the engineering shops and arsenal of Cavite, were exempted
from this obligation from time immemorial without preliminaries of any
kind, a decree by the Governor withdrew from such old employees their
retirement privileges and declassified them into the ranks of those who
worked on public roads.
The friars used the incident as a part of a larger conspiracy to cement their
dominance, which had started to show cracks because of the discontent of
the Filipinos. They showcased the mutiny as part of a greater conspiracy in
the Philippines by Filipinos to overthrow the Spanish Government.
Unintentionally, and more so, prophetically, the Cavite Mutiny of 1872
resulted in the martyrdom of GOMBUZA, paved the way to the revolution
culminating in 1898.
These events are significant highlights in the Philippine history and have
caused ripples right through time, directly influencing the decisive events of
the Philippines Revolution toward the end of the century. These are
considered a major factor in the awakening of nationalism among the
Filipinos of that time and will continue to serve as one up until this preset
times.
REFERENCE:
Source: Edmund Plauchut, “The Cavite Mutiny of 1872 and the Martyrdom
of Gom-Bur-Za,” in the Gregorio Zaide and Sonia Zaide, Documentary Sources of
Philippine History, Volume 7 (Manila: National Book Store, 1990), 251-268.