The Psychology of the Filipino

Title

Creator

Romualdez, Norberto

Year

1924

Subject

Philippines -- History.

Filipinos.

Malays (Asian people) -- Philippines.

Indonesians -- Philippines.

Immigrants -- Philippines.

Migrations of nations.

Human migrations.

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Abstract

Here’s a short history of Malays, Indonesians and other natives’ immigrations and settlement in the Philippines. Also, the primitive population and the succeeding immigrants are represented as shown in some maps in this article.

Fulltext

21 The Psvchologv of the Filipino By Hon. Norberto Romualdez Associate JHstice of the Si1preme Coiirt of the Philipµine Islands (Continuation) Besides, \Ve nrnst not loi'\e R ight nf the fact that the first immigrants \Ye re clari ng sailors and fearless people, and such character of theirs may be, in part, responsible for their acl\'enture on unknmrn lands ,,·here they might settle freely and unmolested by tht>i r sovereign. 1 am unable to find any real indi('ation that the inhabitants of this .\n·hipelago ever paid homage or performed any act of subjection to any foreign sovereignty before that of Spain. The fact that, in the year l-">70, Radja Soliman \Yho had jurisdidion over t he territory from the southern banks of the Pasig river south wards, was a son-in-law t1f the Sul tan of Borneo, does not in itl'elf rnnstitut!.' an evidence of son•reignty of Borneo over t he Philipprnes. Tht> fact that the King of :-;pain, Alfu~so the Thirteenth, married a grand-daughter of Queen Yictoria, of E ngland, did not make ::.;pn,i n su hje("t to England, or vieeversa. ft must not be foq:rnttenthatdu ring those early tirneE of the fndone:<ian and ~I:tlay immigrations and settlement in the Philippines, territorial expansion of sovereign states was effected only by occupation, ac·eretion or conquest, that is, by means of an actual physical impositi on of so\·ereignty over a conquered, :wqui red or occupied territory. There was then no possibility of acquisition by Treaty, because no Law of Nations ,,·as then as yet recognized. ~either the Indonesians or the Malays eame for purposes of conq nest for any king or sovereign. If they did conquer these Islands by the superiority of their culture, it mu:<t have ,been of, and on, their own right and account, and only for themselves. \Ye positiYely know that the Chinese pirate Limahong tried to conquer the Philippines, but was repelled by the Spaniards. We also learn of some fruitless atteri1pts of the Duteh and English for the possession of these Islands. I fet>l safe in concluding that the first foreign sovP.reignty established in the Philippines was the Spanish, and that the first settlers of these islands were liberty-loving people, who, groaning under the oppres:=<ion of their kings, left their native country for lands more fi:ee. c). Population. The primitive population and the succeeding immigrants, just spoken of, may be represented as shown in some maps which I am going to Thi.- 11wp sh01n; tlw third st:1g-e of Jl •pul:1ti<111. Tilt> ~lal.iys a re repre'-'t'11ted hy the light hro1Y n portion;,; along the toasts ;rnd plai ns. T he ! 1 1do11e,;in 11s a rr indi<·ated by the dark lirown s1 y1ts. A 11d the :\ e:.i:rit.1s, b1· t he black dots seattcred lwre and there in R1>n1e of the nH\\111t<tin" of the A1Thipclago. For purpo,.;e:-: of eontp;nison. the la"t t1 n1 rnaps ;1re pre:'ellted together in thif. ;;Jidc: .. ••• . 4_1•" .... i: -:'!"° 2.. At-,(,ut 1:500 ps. n.c. These i 111 migrations m ust have Ol'.C·ure<l before Christ, a11d ce.rtainly, heforP. the 14th eentury, bec·a u;;:e t he in1migra.nts, especially the ~Ial ays, brought 11·ith them the ~r alay alpha.bet , which ceased to be nsed in }fala.C'ea. in the ]4th century, upon the eonYersion of their king to l slam ism hy ::\lakdurn, who came i:rom Arabia, 22 said king ha1·ing impo"ed the .\ rnbi(' nlphahet ou his pePplc after hif" eo111·er,;1 on. Be,.idt>s thPse aboriginal and imm igrant peoples, the ChinesP, 1Yho <'a1ne to the Philippines, se1·eral Cf'll t mi<>s before the t\p;rn iards, form - ed pa rt of the population uf the::;e l sla1Hk Thi,, a<.:<·ount;; for the fod that tlw ~pa n ia.rds, upon their a.rri1 ·al in the P hilippines, in the l(ith <.:entury, . .. 3. about 1000 yrs. B.C. J.Iap Xo. 4 found here a population eomposed of ,\"egritos, Indonesians, }fa.lays, and Chinese. Dr. H. Otley Beyer , in his work entitled 'Population of the Philippine Islands in 1916". gi Yes an account of the present distribution of t hese different races in t his Archipelago. 23 pre:;;ent to you. H ere j,., the ti r:>t of ,.11 · ' · • u lllap:< : Jfap _y,, 1 Tl · . 118 ITI'l]l 1 . l ' eprese ago m·eu1>iP'[ nt" tlw .\ ,.,.;.: • • A (\ ill\' lJ, t .J.JJl'1llhab1tants, the\. ~ .he pri111itj,-,. of the kno . . - egnt"!'-, lief· . 11 ll lll111lig .. . ''' e a11y 1at 1 "n ~ Her · e JR anotl · 1 er rnap . (See 11lOJJ • oH to1> o/ .-;rco11d . I CU !Wiit ) T l· 11s map re after the ti present;.; the l-1 rst rnrn · . . "' a11d,.: l the Indonesian" ., 11g llrat1011, that of ·_ · . , ' " II( f ay immigrat· Je ore the 'I h < wn Tl -' as owing th - . ie blat:I· I d .· . e :\ egrito" " t ots in en to th . to kl\·e I , d e mou 11 t· · '~en ark brown po1·t· .11 ns. and the c t 10118 . ,. . oas sand 1 )1 . ' l!H tl'at111g ti 1 arn" . 1 e nclone'<ian" v occupied by t I 1e ;;----- - - "' 2. Abimt 1:JOO B yrs . . . c. JJ,;:, :\· '· •) lkn· . . ti 1" H' t Iii rd 3. Joout 1000 a.c. yrs. Jfmi :'\- n . . J 24 Just how the Xegritos c1rn1e to settle here, is a fact not as yet explained clearly. Of cour:::e, it is knnm1 that they belong to the branch of the human race called the stern of the prehistoric Blaek rnee, its division being the Eastern and Oceanic Di vision, :;i,nd that tlwy reached the territories occupied by the Veddas and Pelagian Blaeks, the Philippines, and Japan, \\·here they are called Ainos. The Indonesians and the .\lalays both belong to the stern of the .\Jongoloid races, the former eomi ng from the Indies, and the latter, from Malaeca. Here is a map of the world, showing the main stems of the human race: These sterns are graphically repre:::entecl in this map of the world, whid1 shm\":< approximately 1he three ma.i n directions in 11·hich the human race spread OYer the earth. The white line which runs North, Xortheast, and Xorthwest, i,.; the :::tem of the prehistoric Ituddy or W hite race, which is that of the Arians and the Harnitee. The black line which runs South and branches off at the Indies, one branch going to the \Yest and another to the Southeast turning to the ~orth, represents the stern of the prehistoric Black race that spread and reached Africa and Oceania, passing through Ausfralia, where the Papuans are found, then to the Philippi ues, "·here we have the Negritos, and thence to J apan, "·here the A inos Ji ,-e. The third line which is brown, runs East and South of central A!"ia, reaching Sumatra, then .\f alacea, then the Philippines, an<l represents Jfap No. 5 the stem of the prehistoric Brmni or ~fonguloid races, to which belong t he two streams of immigration to these Islands, - the Indonesian and the Malay. (To IJe contin111l(I)

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