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CHAPTER 5
Desired Learning Outcomes
■ Rejection and evaluation of the abuses of the church and state in the
Philippines were opened in class, and proclamation of liberty burned the
desires of Filipino students who were awakened to the truth of the
Spanish ruling
■ Hence, the aspiration for independence and Philippine liberty
strengthened and numerous church dogmas were rejected
(Schumacher,1997)
LUNA AND
HIDALGO’S
ACHIEVEMENT
SPOLARIUM BY JUAN LUNA
Vigenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho or
Christian Virgin to the Populace BY FELIX
HIDALGO
LUNA AND HIDALGO’S ACHIEVEMENT
■ Filipino artist, namely Juan Luna Y Novicio and Felix Resurreccion
Hidalgo, rose to fame in the year 1884
■ Two painter won prizes at the Exposicion de Bellas Artes in Madrid
■ Juan Luna’s Spolarium received a gold medal of the first class while Felix
Hidalgo received a medal of the second class for his Vigenes Critianas
Expuestas al Populacho or Christian Virgin to the Populace
■ The fellow countrymen were proud of their achievements
■ Pedro Paterno made efforts to organize banquet in honor of the two
Filipino painters
■ Such triumph was made known to the media and journalist in Madrid
LUNA AND HIDALGO’S ACHIEVEMENT
■ The movement had also touched men and women to rise up and carry firearms
to defend themselves from countless abuses
■ At some point, such effort of the propaganda movement brought unity to
Filipinos
■ As time passed by, the word revolt knocked on the hearts of Filipino reformists
■ They later became revolutionaries who totally sought to overthrow the Spanish
regime
■ Followers of the regime, like Andress Bonifacio, Emilio Aguinaldo, Apolinario
Mabini, Emilio Jacinto, and some other leaders were greatly drawn toward
revolts to attain reforms (Agoncillo, 1990)
MARCELO H. DEL PILAR AS DELEGATE IN
BARCELONA OF THE PROPAGANDA
MOVEMENT
■ As an official delegate to Spain of the Comite de Propaganda de Manila,
Marcelo H. del Pilar carried with him the two stages of the committee’s plans
■ The first strategy of the committee was to use legal and peaceful campaign to
win the heart of Spain and provide a seat for the Philippines in the Cortes to
advance their desired reforms for the country
■ Publications and propagandas were made to fuel such plan
■ Also, such action paved the way for their second strategy, which was to awaken
the consciousness of Filipinos in the Philippines and encourage them to join the
movement that later on paved the way for revolt
MARCELO H. DEL PILAR AS DELEGATE IN
BARCELONA OF THE PROPAGANDA
MOVEMENT
■ An account of a revolt, which supported such strategy was the May 1889
struggle for Philippine independence
■ The second stage included the expulsion of friars in the Philippines
(Schumacher, 1997)
■ La Solidaridad was effective propaganda, which influenced numerous
Spanish politician and a good tool in going against the friars’ prominence
in the Philippines
■ Such propaganda of La Solidaridad gained support from numerous
natives and had gone deeper toward political dealings of the Spanish
government that seemed to be abusive to natives in the Philippines
MARCELO H. DEL PILAR AS DELEGATE IN
BARCELONA OF THE PROPAGANDA
MOVEMENT
■ Del Pilar exerted enormous effort to further make La Solidaridad more
effective in encouraging reforms in the Philippines
■ He studied and evaluated the Spanish political setup to invite more
Filipinos to join the propaganda
■ Del Pilar worked hard to keep the eyes of the masses focused on the
propaganda movement and to keep La Solidaridad running
■ On April 2, 1889, the Masonic lodge “Revolucion” organized by the
Filipinos of Barcelona, petitioned Miguel Morayta, grand master of the
Gran Oriente Espanol, for affiliation of their lodge with his federation
MARCELO H. DEL PILAR AS DELEGATE IN
BARCELONA OF THE PROPAGANDA
MOVEMENT
■ Del Pilar had several meetings with Morayta after two weeks
■ Del Pilar was able to make alliances with the Spanish Mason to support
La Solidaridad’s goal of taking reformation to the next level
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