Carlism and the Philippines (1872)
Nobody personifies Carlism better in the Philippines than Carlos Maria de la Torre--Photographed here when he was an officer in the Carlist Army. In hindsight: The burgeoning Manila colonial society of the 1850s was becoming more inclined to declare similitude than the terms of specifics. The Catholic church of course lurked mighty in the background. But recent happenings in Mother Spain then had indicated that a number of Carlist politicians and army officers were in the defense of Spain's traditional faith--So the colony was in a situation of a limbo--With citizens, specially the so called (or labeled) P eninsulares deciphering more the loyalty of their fellow Spaniards in the colonial administration--Whether they are sympathetic to the Carlist cause. Meanwhile the other classes, the mestizos (of Chinese or other Eurasians) were more keen on establishing a stable economic base. Land and education were foremost in their drive. Land holdings, renting and operating friar lands beca