The Furore

Furore • Gov-Gen Terrero allows Noli Me Tangere to continue to circulate rather than sensationalize it by prohibition • Noli Me Tangere urges Terrero to formally raise the corruption of religious institutions on their owned lands

Furore-Calamba Hacienda Facts • Laguna – Potentially richest area – Rizal’s home province

• Dominican Hacienda of Calamba – Largest estate in Laguna – Despite the expected high revenue, small and un-increasing revenues were reported

Furore-Calamba Hacienda Facts • The Original Hacienda of Calamba had been owned by the Jesuits • Tenants were made to pay canon(rent) on Jesuit owned lands and irrigation fees but no canon outside the hacienda which they also cultivated.

Jesuits • Members of the Society Of Jesus • Roman Catholic religious order of clerks regular • Also called as Soldiers of Christ because their founder, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a knight before becoming a priest

Furore-Calamba Hacienda Facts • 1768 - Society of Jesus closed down • Hacienda is passed on to the Dominicans • The Dominicans now owned extensive areas illegally • They paid to the government only onetenths the actual revenue derived from the lands

Furore-Calamba Hacienda • Rizal assembled those facts on a report read on a public meeting Jan 8 in Calamba • 3 Dominican representatives (indio or meztizo) were present and signed the report in warrant of its correctness • For 54 years Dominican corruption had been annually increasing

Furore-Calamba Hacienda • Rizal had attacked the friars on their most sensitive point- money – The friars had taken before God the vow of poverty yet were the most corrupt

Furore • On Dec 29, a report written by an Augustinian, Salvador Font, is passed to the Gov-Gen by the Censorship Commission. • The report recommended that Noli Me Tangere be absolutely prohibited of circulation due to it’s vulgarity • Salvador described Jose in the report as a petty ignoramus

The Malacañan Palace however took no notice of the report

Furore • Daily the Archbishop and the Provincials of religious Orders came to Malacañan demanding the book be prohibited and Rizal imprisoned • Emilio Terrero advised Rizal to leave the country saying that he may no longer resist these demands

Furore • Rizal insists on staying in the country so he can marry Leonor • Paciano replies: “You are only thinking about yourself” • Rizal leaves the next day for Manila— even though he was ill—with his brothersin-law and male cousins to protect him