This is, indeed, an immense fleet for one nation, but we may, at all events, rejoice that it will be used to defend—in the words of the wisest and noblest of English statesmen—“the democratic principle, or, if that term is offensive, popular sovereignty.”
APPENDIX.
LETTER OF CAPTAIN JOHN A. WINSLOW.
“U. S. S. S. ‘Kearsarge,’ Off Dover,
July 13, 1864.
“My Dear Sir—I have read the proof-sheet of your pamphlet, entitled ‘The Alabama and the Kearsarge. An Account of the Naval Engagement in the British Channel on Sunday, June 19, 1864.’ I can fully endorse the pamphlet as giving a fair, unvarnished statement of all the facts both prior and subsequent to the engagement.
“With my best wishes, I remain, with feelings of obligation, very truly yours,
“John A. Winslow.
“Fred’k M. Edge, Esq.,
“London.”