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placing them in a fituation to provide for 
themielves. TI think every induftrious per- 
fon here is fo fituated. 
I would mention a curious incident 
which took place at our County Court (or 
Sefiions) laft week. Every minifter in 
this State who can produce teftimonials of 
his, ordination, is empowered to marry, 
upon application to the juftices, and giving 
bond for his acting according to law. I 
applied, but could produce no proof of 
my being a regular minifter, but the ad- 
drefs of my congregation a little before I 
left Bent. A bigoted Prefoyterian, on 
the bench, was anxious to perfuade the 
reft, that this was not enough. He fuc- 
ceeded. -The Counfellors were fired with 
indignation, and confidered it as a ftep to- 
wards religious domination. They all 
{poke upon the occafion. The Attorney 
General for the State was among the 
{peakers, and talked of impeaching the 
jaftices. The debate continued five hours ; 
but, at length, the bufinefs was fettled, 
by their drawing up and figning a paper, 
importing that they, the fub/cribers, no- 
minated and ordained me to be the Chrif- 
tian Minifter ‘o the Independent Society 
(for this I confidered to be the moft fuit- 
able name) in Lexington. 
Lexington, Kentucky, Fitly 175 1794+ 

LETTER IX. 
=——YQOUR objection as to the heat 
(i. e. of the climate) in America has cer- 
tainly fome weight. But itis not a ‘* re- 
Jaxing heat’’ altogether. I affure you, it 
isa burning, frying heat, when expoled to 
the fun, for we have often gentle breezes 
in the fhade. It has been too much for 
me this {ummer. P** V¥** has had the 
jaundice through the fame caufe; and N** 
cannot go out in the middle of the day 
w.thout feeling fome bilious fymptom sbe- 
fore night. But we are all tolerably well 
now, as is the young child, and I hope 
fhall continue fo through the winter. The 
difficulty of the voyage you would, I 
think, foon get over. But there is an ob- 
jection, which never ftruck me fo fenfibly 
as fince I have been fettled. 
I felt very relu&tant to leave my con- 
gregation at Monton, feven years ago: 
but after a while I became attached to 
Chowbent. I reafoned, that the reluc- 
tance I felt at parting with my Chowbent 
friends would be tucceeded by the pleafure 
of forming new connections in this part of 
the world. But in this I find mytelf mif- 
taken. I have good friends here, but I 
have not what I can call a congregation; 
Letters from Mr. Toulain, of Kentucky. ; 
ag -_ 
[ Dec. Ts 
a fet of men poffeffed of fome religious 
zeal and ferioufnefs, as well as rationality. 
I do not meet with perfons who have been 
brought up and fpent their days expofed 
to fimilar influences with myfelf, fo that 
there is but littie coincidence of feeling. 
This objection can be remedied only by 
going to the places where we fhall fall in 
with thofe who have come from the fame 
firuation with ourfelves. I really quef- 
tion whether fuch a man as our friend 
D** would feel, upon the whole, hap- 
pier in America than among his friends in 
Devonfhire; except P**’s fociety fhould 
become pretty numercus.  Befides, as 
you fay, their particular circles will want 
fuch men, if there be any chance of their 
doing any good in the caufe of truth and 
general good. And there is a certain 
habit formed as to the manner of making 
our exertions adapted to the people among 
whom we have lived. I feel a perfuafion, 
that a worthy Bapti(t minifter in this coun- 
try, who did not knew his letters when 
he was married, will ferve the caufe of 
religious truth in Kentucky more than I, 
or even you or Dr. ** could do. Yet he 
raves like an enthufaft. 
My good mother obferves, that I never 
expreffed how I was /atisfied, how Ame- 
rica an{wered my expectations, &c. The 
truth is, I wifhed to avoid committing my- 
Jfelj too haftily. I was aware, that the 
feelings of a perfon rambling about, and 
feeing fomething new every day, were no 
criterion for perfons to judge of the agree- 
ablenefs of a country jong. I wifhed to con- 
fine myfelf to common faéts, and to let my 
friends form their own conclufions. How- 
ever, as you pufed me to it, I gave you my 
opinion, and now | have given you fomefur- 
ther obfervations by way of appendix; and 
probably fhall have fomething different to 
fay three months hence. Though I chink 
America unqueftionably preferable for 
M** to England, yet 1am upon the whole 
pleafed that he is not on his way thither, 
partly on account of the concern which it 
would give you, and partly becaule, 
though I think it eafy to determine which 
part of America is in i¢/e/f the beft, it is 
not fo ealy to determine which is the beft 
for Englifimen, or perfons coming from 
the latitude of 53°. 
You may tell Mr. Morgan* that his 

* A worthy Diffenting Minifter at Col- 
lumpton, in Devonthire, who died Sept. 15, 
1794, and was the author of a devotional 
work, entitled €* 4 Common-Prayer Book, 
accorciag to the plan of the Liturgy of the 
Church 
