THE AMERICAN PROTEST.

To vas EDITOR or vs. "erss-rsros."1 Sin.—I have been reading the article " The American Protest" in the Spectator of January 2nd. With reference to the selling of copper by American copper magnates to Germany Mit the neutral countries, the following extracts from Russell Lowell's poem "Jonathan to John" (Biglow Papers, No. II.) may be of interest "You wonder why we're hot, John?

Your mark was on the guns,

The neutral guns, thet shot, John,

Our brothers an our sons."

[Query: "Om daughters an' our sons." "The non-combatants who were killed or wounded in the East Coast raid were all struck by projectiles in which copper was an essential part," says your article.]

"Ef I turned mad dogs loose, John, On your front-parlour stairs, Would it jest meet your views, John, To wait an' sue their heirs/ • Our folks believe in Law, John, An' it's for her sake now

They've left the axe an' saw, John, 1.he anvil All' the plough.

We know we've got a cause, John, Theta honest, just, an' true; We thought 'twould win applause, John, Ef nowheres else, from you.

The South says, ‘Poorjoiks down!' John,

An' All men up !' say we,—

White, yeller, black, an' brown, John Now which is your idee P"

[Query "The Bun says, ' Small States down l' Sam,

An' All men up !' soy we."]

At the risk of making these quotations too long I must add the last stanza :—

" God means to make this land, John,

Clear thru, from sea to sea,

Believe an' understand, John,

The south o bein' free.

Ole Uncle S. :sex he, I guess, God's price is high,' ses he;

But nothin' else than wut He sells

Wears long, an' that J. B.

May tarn, like you an' me!"

Delstone, Devon.