The Secretary dwells tit considerable length

upon- the Mormon difficulty, which, he says,

has assdined nn extraordinary and important'

attitude. From the first hour they s fixed-them 7

'selves in the' remote and atineat inneceesiblo

territory which they now eccupy,• and from

which they are now sending defiance ngainst

the sovereign. power of - the -country,,, their

whole- fells_us,ints. been to prepare

for_n successful secession from the authority

of the - . United States and a. pertunnent esta­

blishment of their own.