Goodwill, good fellowship, kind words of cheer,
So frank, so unmistakably sincere,
That we can find (in Artemus's phrase)
No "slopping over" of the pap of praise,
But just the sort of message that one brother
Would send in time of trial to another.
And thus, whatever comes of Wilson's Notes,
Of Neutral claims or of the tug for votes,
Nothing that happens henceforth can detract
From your fraternal and endearing act,