The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-04
Malbini's Programme of the
# Constitution Of the Philippine
Republic.
Translation of "The True Decalogue" in Which
."..~ Filipinos Are Urged to Assert Their
-: Rights.

courage and personal merit Of each one.
Already you see that the undertaking Is
arduous and great; but rely on your also also
being great and strong. You have lost
great sons who cannot be replaced; put
no matter, we work, and we hope that
Providence is much greater.
THE TRUE DECALOGUE.
First-Love God and thy honor above
of all justice and of all activity; honor
the only power which will oblige thee
to be true, just and Industrious.
Second-Worship God in the way which
worthy, for in thy conscience, which re-
proves thy bad deeds and applauds the
good ones, thy God speaks.
Third-Cultivate the special abilities
which God has given thee, according to
the measure of thy powers, without ever
departing from the path of right and
justice, in order to attain thy own per-
lection and by that means contribute to
the progress of humanity; so thou wilt
fulfill the mission which the same God
has marked out for thee in this life,
and fulfilling 1t thou wilt have honor,
and having it thou wilt glorify God.
Fourth-Love thy country next to God
and thy honor and more than myself,
as 1T is the only paradise which God has
given thee in this life; the only patri-
mony of thy race; the only heritage of
thy ancestors; and the only legacy of thy
descendants; through it thou hast life,
love and interests, happiness, honor and
God.
Fifth-Procure the happiness of thy
country before thy own, making it the
kingdom of right, justice and work; be-
cause If it is happy thou and thy family
will be happy.
Sixth-Procure the independence of thy
country, because thou alone canst have
true interest for it's ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and
exaltation, as its independence consti-
tutes thy own liberty, its ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
thy perfection and it's exaltation thy own
glory and immortality.
Seventh-Do not recognize in thy coun-
try the authority of any person who has
not been elected by thee and by thy fellow
countrymen, because all authority ema-
mates from God, and as God speaks in the
conscience of each Individual, the. person
who expresses and proclaims the individ-
ual consciences of whole people is the
one who can show true authority.
Etghth-Procure for thy people a Re-
ennobles one or several families and
POUNDS a dynasty; the former constitutes
people noble and worthy by right, great
through liberty, and prosperous and bril-
liant through work.
Ninth-Love thy neighbor as myself, be-
cause God has imposed on him as also on
of not doing to thee that which he does
not wish thee to do to him. but If thy
neighbor, failing in this sacred duty,
makes an attempt against thy life, thy
liberty and thy interest, then thou must
destroy and annihilate him, because the
supreme law of representation should
IL.
Tenth-Thou wilt always regard thy fell
low countrymen more than thy neighbor;
thou wilt see in him the friend, the broth
er. and at least the companion to whom
thou art bound by a common lot, by the
same joys and SORROWS and by the same
aspirations and interests
Therefore, whilst there exist nations
raised up and preserved by egotism of
race and family. to him thou must unite
myself in the perfect solidity of views and
interests, with the object of having
strength, not only to combat the common
enemy, but also to realize all the ends of
human life.
Note 1-(a( The Spanish Government
and the religious priests have educated
and taught us in such a manner that we
always direct our sight and all our
thoughts to an imaginary heaven, in or
der that We may leave them in the quiet
and peaceful enjoyment of the riches of
the earth. For this reason they have not
wished US to see and read books by which
we could learn those truths which fully
assure our happiness in this life and our
glory and Immortality in the other
2-(a) The country is not only the prov
ince, neither the town, nor much less the
place In which one has been born 1t con-
sists of all the provinces, all the towns
and all the places in which a Filipino has
been born, whatsoever may be the beliefs
which he processes and the dialect which
he speaks.