william hernd argues that this moment mackintosh is killed.and democratic night in january of 1838. lincoln is saying everyone is entitled to due process of law an it's corrosive for our whole community anr country. if we succumb to our passions in this way. francisln mentions by name who is the victim? he mentioned several other people and concludes the address by talking about george washington. he mentions and julius caesar and napoleon. but of the victims including the white victim, elijah lovejoy, who wrote about mackintosh's murder, mackintosh is the only one lincoln mentions by name isn historic context. even today, after any number of deaths related to police brutality. we still find ourselves as a nation glossing over the names of black victims for lincoln to mention mackintosh by is critical. not only humanizes him, but it also suggests that this particular killing racially motivated and based as it was, is an important element to this overall discussion of democrat decline. it's not just that the rule of law is being abandon in vacu