03-042 [Reformists]
1882.09.27 4 Salazar, Trozo, Manila
From: Basilio Teodoro Moran
To: Jose Rizal
Basilio T. Moran reiterates his request that Rizal write for Diariong Tagalog – He also invites Dr. Gregorio Sanciangco to send articles.
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4 Salazar, Trozo, Manila
27 September 1882
Mr. José Rizal
Dear Friend,
By the past mail I sent you a registered letter to Barcelona, because I did not know that you have gone to Madrid. In case you have not received it, I’ll reproduce here its contents. In it I informed you that I sent you a set of the Diariong Tagalog and I asked you to subscribe to two periodicals of that city for us, among them La Correspondencia, as exchange or paid subscription. I also told you that your article El Amor Patrio was published in our periodical and it was the object of numerous congratulations, so much so that impartial persons of recognized ability said that it could pass for one of the articles of Castelar.
Likewise I told you not to fail to send us directly every fortnight six articles and one news review, because if they are sent through your Uncle Antonio I receive them late, so that the news you give us are already published in other periodicals thus losing their importance.
I tell you not to fail to send us articles for I intend to cut the budget for the editorial staff so that the periodical may live longer. Our fellow countrymen look upon it with indifference.
Tell Mr. Gregorio Sanciangco[1] to consider this letter addressed to him also. I don’t write him not knowing his address:
Manila
Basilio Teodoro Moran
4 Salazar, Trozo
Regards to friend Don Gregorio and know that your attentive servant distinguishes you and kisses your hand,
Basilio Teodoro Moran
P.S.
Don Antonio and his family are well.
[1] Mr. Gregorio Sanciangco y Gozon in 1886 was member of a committee called Juventud Escolar Liberal ay Manila whose objective was to secure rights for the Filipino clergy. After the tragic events of 1872 he left for Spain to finish the law course and obtained the degree of Doctor of Civil and Canon Laws. In 1882 he published at Madrid El Progreso de Filipinas cited by Rizal in his essay La Indolencia de los Filipinos (The Indolence of the Filipinos). With separatist ideas he return to the Philippines in 1884.