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1 Cal. L.J. 1 (1862-1863)

handle is hein.journals/caliilrev1 and id is 1 raw text is: CALIFORNTA LAW JOURNAL - AND - LITEIRARY REVIEW. VOL. I---NO. 1. OCTOBER 7, 1862. W. H. R. WOOD, EDITOR. WE start this paper with very little capital, and unless our friends and the pnblic shall come forward and manfully sustain it, we see no alternative but a downfall-and that speedily. If it is supported by anything like a reasonable patronage, we shall endeavor to make it rich with valuable matter, and a credit to the State, There is now no Journal of the kind on this Coast, and, it would seem, that the great Legal Fraternity, alone, should be able to sustain a publication devoted, more particularly, to their convenience. We receive almost anything that purports to be money-postage stamps, treasury nQtes, plug tobacco, grapes, pears, melons-in fact, anything that is marketable. THE LEGAL PROFESSION. NorINo is more common, in the mouths of those ignorant of the Science of Law, than to hear denunciations of the legal profession. That there are unworthy members of this, as well as all other professions, is, unfortunate- ly, too true-and it is still more to be regretted that the State of Califbrnia has, perhaps, more than its due proportion of the '' black sheep of this profession, as well as of all others. But that the number of unprincipled men who as- sume the garb of lawyers, is greater than that of other pursuits or professions, is emphatical- ly denied. The public seem to suppose, that there is something in the training and study of a law- yer, which, necessarily, swerves him from the path of honesty and fair dealing. No idea could be farther from the truth. The Science of Law is a most pure, elevated, and perfect code of morals; in fact, the first principle which the student learns, in entering upon his legal course, is, that Law is the perfection of Rea, son. He is taught, that one of its most cher- ished tenets is: Live honorably and render unto every man his due; and that another, is: So use your own as not to injure the

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