It will be unnecessary to quote further examples
of the consequences of the Dutch domination in the
Archipelago, and enough has been said to illustrate
the nature of the influence which it has produced
upon the character and destinies of the native
inhabitants. CH A PTER X.
SPANISH HISTORY OF THE ARCHIPELAGO.
Spanish influence confined to the Philippines.—Policy pursued
by the Spaniards, with all its vices, superior to that o f any
other European government established in the Archipelago.
— Sketch o f that Policy.— Discovery of the Philippines by
Magellan.—Philippines neglected fo r the Moluccas.—First
attempt to conquer the Philippines.— Conquest o f Zebu by
Legaspi.—Luconia invaded.—Causes to which thefacility of
the early conquest of it is to be ascribed.— Foundation of the
city o f Manila.— Causes which have proved a barrier to the
progress of the Spanish conquests.— Effects which result from
the proximity of China to the Philippines.— Manila attacked
by the Chinese rebel Limahon, and.nearly taken.— Chinese
employed as rowers, in an expedition against the Moluccas,
murderthe Governor of the Philippines, who commanded,
and the crew of his galley.— First Massacre of the Chinese,
when thirty thousand are cut off'.—Emperor of Chinn
demands an explanation, and is easily satisfied.— Second
Massacre of the Chinese, when twenty-three out of thirty
thousand are cut off.— The Philippines threatened with an
invasion by . Coxinga, the conqueror of Fomosa, which they
escape by the sudden death o f that able and ambitious leader.—
Spaniards expel the Chinese from the Philippines.—
Powerful causes springing from the principle o f population
in China, and the locality o f the Philippines have induced
the inhabitants of the former country to settle in numbers iq