Republic of Negros#History
{{Short description|1898–1901 Philippine revolutionary polity}}
{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Republic of Negros
| common_name = Negros
| status = Provisional Revolutionary Government (1898)
Constituent of the Federal State of the Visayas (1898–1899)
U.S. protectorate (1899–1901)
| year_start = 1898
| date_start = November 27,
| event_start = End of the Negros Revolution
| date_end = April 20,
| year_end = 1901
| event_end = Annexation to the Philippine Islands
| native_name = {{native name|hil|Republika sañg Negros}}
{{native name|ceb|Republika sa Negros}}
{{native name|es|República de Negros}}
| p1 = Spanish East Indies
| flag_p1 = Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg
| p2 = Federal State of the Visayas
| flag_p2 =
| s1 = Federal State of the Visayas
| flag_s1 =
| s3 = Military Government of the Philippine Islands
| flag_s3 = US flag 45 stars.svg
| image_flag = Flag of Negros Republic.svg
| flag_type =
| image_map = Atlas of the Philippine Islands (1900) (14585672399).jpg
| image_map_caption = Map of Negros Island in 1900
| national_anthem =
| capital = Bacólod
| common_languages = Hiligaynon, Cebuano and Spanish
| government_type = Republican canton
| title_leader = President
| leader1 = Aniceto Lacson
| year_leader1 = 1898–1899
| title_representative = Governor-General of the Provinces
| representative1 = Melecio Severino
| year_representative1 = 1899–1901
| legislature = Chamber of Deputies
| title_deputy = President of the Chamber of Deputies
| deputy1 = José Ruíz de Luzuriaga
| year_deputy1 = 1899–1899
| era = New Imperialism
| currency = Spanish milled dollar
| footnotes = {{notelist}}
| today = Philippines
}}
{{History of the Philippines}}
The Republic of Negros ({{langx|hil|Republika sang Negros}}; {{langx|ceb|Republika sa Negros}}; {{langx|es|República de Negros}}) was a short-lived revolutionary entity which had existed on the island of Negros first as a canton of the First Philippine Republic and later as a protectorate of the United States.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thenewstoday.info/2008/09/12/the.opposition.to.the.americans.and.the.canton.republic.of.negros.html|title = The opposition to the Americans and the Canton Republic of Negros}}
Nomenclature
The entity had gone by multiple names throughout its short existence: the Negros Canton ({{langx|hil|Kanton sg Negros}}; {{langx|ceb|Kanton sa Negros}}; {{langx|es|Cantón de Negros}}) of the First Philippine Republic,Aguilar, F. V. (2000). [http://www.philippinestudies.net/ojs/index.php/ps/article/view/429/434 The Republic of Negros]. Philippine Studies, 48(1), 26–52. and the Federal Republic of Negros ({{langx|hil|Republikang Federal sg Negros}}; {{langx|ceb|Republikang Federal sa Negros}}; {{langx|es|República Federal de Negros}}) or Federal State of Negros ({{langx|hil|Estadong Federal sg Negros}}; {{langx|ceb|Estadong Federal sa Negros}}; {{langx|es|Estado Federal de Negros}}) under U.S. protection.Rodríguez, C. A. (1986). [http://www.philippinestudies.net/ojs/index.php/ps/article/view/1214/3864 Don Diego de la Viña and the Philippine Revolution in Negros Oriental]. Philippine Studies, 34(1), 61–76.Gonzaga, V. L. (1990). [http://www.philippinestudies.net/ojs/index.php/ps/article/view/997/983 Negros in Transition: 1899–1905]. Philippine Studies, 38(1), 103–114. According to Gregorio Zaide, the protectorate had been annexed to the Philippine Islands as simply the Republic of Negros.{{cite book|last=Zaide|first=Gregorio F.|title=Philippine Constitutional History and Constitutions of Modern Nations: With Full Texts of the Constitutions of the Philippines and Other Modern Nations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AdIjAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Modern Book Co.|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=AdIjAAAAMAAJ&q=%22republic+of+negros%22+april+30+1901 34]}}
History
{{main|Negros Revolution}}
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From November 3 to 6, 1898, the Negrenses rose in revolt against the Imperial Spanish authorities headed by the politico-military governor, Colonel Isidro de Castro. The Spaniards decided to surrender upon seeing armed troops marching in a pincer movement towards Bacólod, the main city of the island. The revolutionaries, led by Generals Juan Araneta, from Bago and Aniceto Lacson, from Talisay, were actually carrying fake arms consisting of rifles carved out of palm fronds and cannons of rolled bamboo mats painted black. On 5 November, Spanish officials surrendered themselves to native leaders. A provisional government was then established with Aniceto Lacson as President, and a notice of this was sent by Melecio Severino to Emilio Aguinaldo on Luzón.{{harvnb|Kalaw|1921|p=[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/philamer/afj2233.0001.001/168?page=root;rgn=full+text;size=100;view=image;q1=republic+of+negros 148]}} On November 27, 1898, the unicameral Congress of Deputies ({{langx|es|Congreso de Diputados}}) met in Bacólod and declared the establishment of the Republican Canton of Negros ({{langx|es|Cantón Republicano de Negros}}). The Congress of Deputies acted as a constituent assembly to draft a constitution.
Motivated by either economic interests or sheer realpolitik,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1871064/Bacolod/Opinion/Pacete-The-story-behind-the-Paghimud-os-Monument|title = Pacete: The story behind the Paghimud-os Monument| website=SunStar |date = 22 September 2020}} the hacendero-led cantonal government surrendered to U.S. forces on March 4, 1899,
pacete /> following the outbreak of hostilities between the nascent First Philippine Republic and the U.S. military government which had been established during the Spanish–American War, and came under U.S. protection on April 30, 1899 as a territory separate from the Philippine Islands.Two-article series:
{{cite web|url=http://archive.su.edu.ph/updates/leadership-reflections/830-negros-history|title=Negros History|at=The Philippine Revolution|publisher=Silliman University}} A constitution for a Federal Republic of Negros, which proposed two governors, a U.S. military governor and a civil governor elected by the voters of Negros, was framed by a committee sitting in Bacólod and sent to General Otis in Manila and was proclaimed to take effect on October 2, 1899. The Negros government operated smoothly under this constitution until the province of Occidental Negros was established on April 20, 1901,{{cite book|author=Victoriano D. Diamonon|title=The Development of Self-government in The Philippine Islands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vfY2AAAAYAAJ|year=1920|publisher=University of Iowa|pages=[https://archive.org/details/developmentself00diamgoog/page/n16 22-25]}} and annexed to the Philippine Islands by the United States as the "Republic of Negros".
= Leaders=
The leaders of the short-lived republic were:{{cite web | author=WorldStatesmen | title = The Philippines | url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Philippines.htm | access-date = 2 October 2020}}
:
| class=wikitable | |
| Aniceto Lacson (November 5, 1898 - November 27, 1898) November 5, 1898 - July 22, 1899 | (President in Negros Occidental only until November 27, 1898) President |
| Demetrio Larena (November 24, 1898 - November 27, 1898) November 5, 1898 - July 22, 1899 | (President in Negros Oriental only) Vice-President |
| José de Luzuriaga July 22, 1899 - November 6, 1899 | President of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Eusebio Luzurriaga | Secretary of the Treasury |
| Simeón Lizares | Secretary of the Interior |
| Nicolás Gólez | Secretary of Public Works |
| Agustín Amenábar | Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce |
| Juan Araneta | Secretary of War |
| Antonio Ledesma Jayme July 24, 1854 - October 9, 1937 | Secretary of Justice |
| Melecio Severino November 6, 1899 - April 30, 1901 | Governor-General of the Provinces |
Commemoration
File:Republic of Negros historical marker.jpg
November 5, popularly referred to by the Negrenses as Cinco de Noviembre, has been officially observed since 1989 as a special non-working holiday in Negros Occidental.{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1989/02/10/republic-act-no-6709/|title=Republic Act No. 6709 | GOVPH}} The republic itself has been commemorated in a historical marker in the main square of Bago, on which is inscribed:
{{blockquote|REPÚBLICA DE NEGROS
In this plaza of Bago was proclaimed the República de Negros by the revolutionary forces led by general Juan Anacleto Araneta, 5 November 1898. Witnessed by Ananías Diokno, representative of the Central Revolutionary Government. This Republic acknowledged the authority of the First Philippine Republic under Emilio Aguinaldo.
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book|last=Kalaw|first=Maximo Manguiat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0_62j7vjAqsC|title=The Present Government of the Philippines|publisher=Oriental commercial|year=1921|isbn=1-4067-4636-3}}(Note: 1. The book cover incorrectly lists author as "Maximo M Lalaw", 2. Originally published in 1921 by The McCullough Printing Co., Manila)
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