The meeting is to be of all those who maintain unconditional devotion to the Union; and I am sure my old political friends will thank me for tendering, as I do, the nation's gratitude to those and other noble men whom no partisan malice or partisan hope can make false to the nation's life.
In a letter to a political ally, Lincoln expresses gratitude to those who remain unconditionally devoted to the Union despite partisan pressures during the Civil War.
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