PROCLAMATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, Summaries of Philosophy

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Proclamation of the

Philippine

Independence

Every year, the country commemorates the anniversary of the Philippines independence proclaimed on 12 June 1898, in the province of the Cavite. Indeed, such event is a significant turning point in the history of the country it signaled the end of the 333 years of Spanish colonization. The declaration was a short 2000 word document, which summarize the reason behind the revolution against Spanish, the war for independence and the future of the new republic under Emilio Aguinaldo.

READING THE PROCLAMATION OF THE

PHILIPPINES

 (^) “…taking into consideration, that their inhabitants being already weary of bearing the ominous yoke of Spanish domination, on account of the arbitrary arrests and harsh treatment practiced by the Civil Guard to the extent of causing death with the connivance and even with the express orders of their commanders, who sometimes went to the extreme of ordering the shooting of prisoners under the pretext that they were attempting to escape, in violation of the provisions of the Regulations of their Corps, which abuses were unpunished and on account of the unjust deportations, especially those decreed by General Blanco, of eminent personages and of high social position, at the instigation of the of the Archbishop and friars interested in keeping them out of the way for their own selfish and avaricious purpose, deportations which are quickly brought about by a method of procedure more execrable than that of the Inquisition and which every civilized nation rejects on

“In the town of Cavite Viejo, in this

province of Cavite, on the twelfth day of

June eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,

before me, Don Ambrosio Rainzares

Bautista, Auditor of war and Special

Commissioner appointed to proclaim and

solemnize this act by the Dictatorial

Government of these Philippine Islands,

for the purpose and by virtue of the

circular addressed by the Eminent

Dictator of the same Don Emilio

Aguinaldo y Famy.”

“And finally, it was unanimously resolved that this Nation, independent from this day, must use the flag used therefore, whose design and colors and described in the accompanying drawing, with design representing in natural colors the three arms referred to. The white triangle represents the distinctive emblem of the famous Katipunan Society, which by means of its compact of blood urged on the masses of the people to insurrection; the three stars represent the three principal Islands of this Archipelago, Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and Panay, in which this is insurrectionary movement broke out;

; the sun represents gigantic strides that have been made by the sons of this land on the road of progress and civilization, its eight rays symbolizing the eight provinces of Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Lagunaand Batanga, which were declared in a state of war almost as soon as the first insurrectionary movement was initiated; and the colors blue, red and white, commemorate those of the flag of the United States of North America, in manifestation of our profound gratitude towards that great nation for the disinterested protection she is extending to us and will continue to extend to us.”