to read his Word to suffer, as we had been threatened. I can not tell
you how my heart leaped with praise to God when a gentleman called to
me one day on the street, and said he would inform me that I could
teach my midnight school if I chose, as they found, no law against a
slave teaching a slave."

This was accepted by that trembling teacher and scholars as a direct
answer to prayer. She not only opened her night-school, but a Sabbath-
school. I found more intelligence among the colored residents of this
city than any other Southern city I had visited. Milla Granson used as
good language as any of the white people.

We found many little incidents to cheer in all our rounds of pitiable
scenes of sorrow. We sometimes met men and women among these
Southerners of correct views on secession. One man said he never
believed that slavery was right; all the arguments brought forward in
its favor never convinced him. Although he held a few slaves by
inheritance, he never could buy or sell one. His black people remained
with him, and he paid them wages now that they were free by law, and
he was glad of it. As he was nearly sixty years of age he had managed
to keep out of the army, but had to keep quiet on the subject of
secession. From the first he thought it the height of folly to resort
to arms, as the Lord could not prosper their undertaking. I believe
that man was a conscientious Christian; very different in spirit from
Judge Bullock, who said one day in rather a careless mood, "I think
you have one class of men in your North the most despicable I ever
knew." Now, thought I, we abolitionists are going to take a blessing.
"Who are they?" I asked. "They are that class you call Copperheads.
They are too dastardly to come down here and help us fight, and they
are too pusillanimous to fight for their own side."