Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-01
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AZ was probably of Ioaiian origin and
Was rasrician.
In the new life Of Napoleon by Pro-
fessor w. n. Sloan Of Princeton III The
Century the professor, after describing
the efforts Of the Corsicans under the
lead of ono Of the national heroes, Pas-
cal Paolj, to resist Genoese encroach-
ments and tyranny, says: Curiously
longing in his exile for a second SAM
piero to have welded the physical pow
er while he himself should have be-
come the Lycurgus, Paoli's wish was
TO be half way fulfilled in that q wGr-
rior greater than Sampioro was about
to be born III Corsica, one who should,
by the very union SO long resisted, come,
as the master Of France, to WELD pow
er strong enouCh to shattor both tyran-
MES ard dynastios, thus clearing the
ground for law giving closely related
to Paoli's own just and wise ooncep-
tions Of legislation.
This scion was to como from the stock
which bore the name of Bonaparte, or,
as the heraldic etynology later spelled
it, Buonaparte There were branches of
the same stock, or at least of the same
name, in many other parts Of ITALY.
Whatever the origin Of the Corsican
Buonapartos, it was neither royal from
the twin brothtr Of Louis XIV, thought
TO be the Iron Task, nor imperial from
tho Julian gems, nor Greek, nor Saracen,
nor, in short, o ytAing which some lat
er invented anG lying gonealogies de-
clared it TO be. But it was really Ital-
ian and probabl7 patpician, for in 1880
a Tuscan gent man Of side line de-
vised a scanty estate to his 'Corsican
kinsman. The rliest home Of the fam
lily was probaL 7 at Sarzana, in Tus-
cany, where for generations men of that
name had exercised the profession Of
advocates.
Moreover, they were persons of local
consequence i'll heir latest seats, partly
because Of Their Italian connections,
partly in their s; bstantial possessions of
land and partly through the official po-
sitions which they held in the city of
Ajaccio. Their sympathies as lowland-
ers and townspeople We're with the coun-
! try of their OF gin and with Genoa.
During the last years of the sixteenth
century that republic authorized Jer-
ome, then head Of the family, to prefix
the distinguishing particle "di' to his
name, but the italian custom was averse
to its use, which was not revived until
later, and then culy for short time.
Nearly two centuries fled before the
grand duke Of tuscany Issued formal
patents attesting the Buonaparte nobil-
ity 1t was Josoe the grandsire Of Ma
poleon, who rec we'd them. Soon after
ward he annol cd that the coat Of
arms of the fan Y was counts coro-
net. or two che, uns and two mullets,
with the two tcrs B p, signifying
Buona Parte tho tincture gules, tho
charges azure, o;a
Such horaldic nt shows that either
Tie sovereign oi g receiver was poor
herald. This va ia l757 IN 1860 tho
samo sovereign nied fufther the title
Of patriciau. O. 'Cs, thoGon Of Joseph,
received simis lrnnt from the arch
bishopo Fisa iu 49, Those facts have
q substantial h lical value, since by
reason of tlem family WAS recogniz-
ed az noble in l,il by the French au-
thorities, and as consequences the most
illustrious sclo Il tho stem became
eight years later 30 ward Of France,
which was stil ouarohioal, Reading
betwoen tho I'm " such narrative, il
appears AZ II tl.a short lived family Of
Corsioan lawyer ad some difficulty ia
preserving Rl influence moportionato 10
their descent, aud therefore sought 10
draw all tho strength they could from
bygono grandeur, easily forgotten by
their neighbors IN ihe moderate oircum'
STANCES Of tho later Day.
no task had lin nearer 10 Paol's
heart than 10 puifo in ono nation tho
Two factions into which he found bis
people divided, teo0rdingly, whom al
bis request CO. 40 buonnparto, tho
single slender n on which tho con-
sequenilal l0Wloa imily depended foF
continuance, RlI ned 40 C0rto, tho
stranger WAS IYod with hatieIing
Kindness and latlably, % one account
has ~ WAS apppIHlol 10 post " emol
ument and lqpf, fsoli's private SEQ
FetaTy, Tho NeW p4uiclan, according
~ q custom oQluupu among lOI4iciana
~ his olasa, had already studied at bofh
Rome aud Piss. ana iR l910 he was
nada da0toF " laWs by the laitel ani
YeFsily There afe many pleasant anee'
00tes iQld a. illaaiFaie fhe good fellow
fhip ~ tho yplpg advocate among hls
c0nlIados while q fiadaat Gn lhe main
land. There aIe hkeHise mythical paI
gaiiFos ~ Als persuasive eiQQufrce "a
homo aNd ~ h innnaErf as \ patriot
Ia ahaFi, au oigsnlffa olQlf ~ fy0Q
laianlle sdmlfQs, Who would. N lfiaal'
~. lllalaiaale llio Nh0la family ~ ~
aff A. heialilfH haiQleQp'f fepoNu. hha
Inverted fanlla "a elsiafiaa fsQis ~
ibal lhe l,sib ~ q, Charles ehagseleF