The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are the standing army,and the militia, jailers, constables, posse comitatus, etc. In most cases there is no free exercise whatever of the judgment or of
the moral sense; but they put themselves on a level with wood and earth and stones; and wooden men can perhaps be manufactured that will serve the purposes as well. Such command no more respect than men of straw or a lump of dirt.