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." FOOTNOTES: [1] The Kearsarge has a four-bladed screw, diameter 12-ft 9-in. with a pitch of 20-ft. [2] _The Career of the Alabama, "No. 290," from July 26, 1862, to June 19, 1864._ London: Dorrell and Son. [3] Captain Winslow, in his first hurried report of the engagement, put the space covered at 20 or 25 feet, believing this to be rather over than under the mark. The above, however, is the exact measurement. [4] There was nothing whatever between the chain and the ship's sides. [5] Including three dead. [6] See page 41. [7] The Kearsarge started on her present cruise the 4th of February, 1862; the Alabama left the Mersey at the end of July following. [8] This information was incorrect. No such statement was ever made by the Consul of the United States at Cherbourg. F. M. E. [9] The following is the copy of the log of the Kearsarge on the day in question: "June 19, 1864. "From 8 to Merid.