The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-02

Of steam boilers viii be ended Such disasters
as the Hague street explosion will be read of in
history only. A single engineer will be able to
manage powerful caloric engine. without the
possibility of injury to the life or limb of those
who surround him. There is no boiler to burst.
no steam to escape and scald the bystanders
any accident to the machinery would be as
beat. To us. who are accustomed to read, day
after day Of accidents arising from the reckless
ness or imprudence of engineers. this is no small
boon. The catalogue Of the victims Of steam is
fearful one. Let us rejoice that it is closed.
MRS. Ex-PREsTDENT TYLER AND THE TRIBUNE
PHILosoPnERs-As we predicted, the socialist
philosophers Of the Tribune have seconded the
attack of the Erening Post upon Mrs. EXPIRE,
sident Tyler, for daring to defend the institu.
tions of the South, under which she lives
against the presumptuous intermeddling Of the
Duchess of Sutherland and others Of the fe-
minnie aristocracy Of Great Britain. Our philo-
sophers, no Doubt with tears in their eyes, say
of Mrs. Tyler that 1--WE are heartily sorry for
her. Literature was never Julia's best point
for hitherto she has achieved less distinction
with her head than heels" This is sufficiently
vile and barbarian; but our teachers of women's
rights Fourierism, abolitionism, and spiritual
manifestations, have the unblushing impudence
to say, that
I'VE quite she never concocted this silly
heartless, petlo2ging production 1t reads good dea
more like her husband though we should suppose even
his ervor Of ignorance could hardly have supplied al
the msstatemens crowded into its three close columns
Now, whether Mrs. Julia Gardiner Tyler did
or did not concoct this letter, is matter of as
little Importance as the question whether Queen
Victoria did or did not concoct her last speech
to the two houses Of Parliament. Mrs. Tyler's
name is affixed to the document-she stands re-
sponsible for tit is hers; and she is not, and
need not be, ashamed of it, The very fact that
it is assailed by the leading organ of W. Fl.
Seward ard the "higher law of abolition null
LITIGATION, is proof of iAs soundness and patriotic
spirit.
But when did our abolition philosophers dis
cover John Tyler's :. reservoir of ignorance ?''
If we mistake not. they daily proclaimed his
superior qualities and accomplishments as
Euic. WiSC, anu ulstiis,uisuCu sldttSutu through
all the campaign Of 1910. We fear. indeed,
that very much Of the malignant bitterness of
this assault upon Mrs. Tyler is due to Captain
Tyler's" vetoes Of certain bank bills and his
aid and comfort" to the democratic ticket in
1874. after having been elected whig Vice
President on the whirlwind Of that memorable
popular outbreak for
"Tippecanoe and Tyler too"
But how excessively mean it is, at this late
day, considering the results Of the recent cleo
ton. to seek for vengeance upon an unoffendnc
lady for the acts of John Tyler! True, he was
a whig in 1910, though not an ultra wing" in
1871; but Mrs. Tyler had no more to do with
his wise bank vetoes than the Duchess of Suthcr-
land. Yet We apprehend that, had this letter
of Mrs. Tyler been signed by almost any other
Southern lady. our Tribune philosophers would
have treated it with comparative decency, and
in a manly spirit of criticism.
The direct allegation ofan untruth. against
Mrs. Tyler. repeated half dozen times" is in
keeping with the argument Of the Tribune.
which follows, to show the superiority of the
laws and institutions of Great Britain over those
of the United States The whole spirit and
drift Of this most contemplate assault upon an
amiable and patriotic lady. are the natural effu-
sions Of a maudlin, diseased, defeated and dis
graced school of abolitionists, scizing every oc-
casion, regardless Of the object, to give vent to
their impotent malignity and abuse of every-
thing and every person identified with the
Union and the laws Of the land. Personal as
saults, originating in such sources. are rather
to be desired than discarded by the parties
assailed. Assaults on ladies are characteristic
Of the Tribune.
RELIGIOUS FREEDoM.-Thc movement of Ge-
neral Cass in the Senate of the United States,
in behalf Of religious freedom for American
citizens travelling or sojourning in the other
nations Of the world, and especially the Ca
tholic States Of Italy. has resulted in the
reference Of the subject to the Committee on
Foreign Relations. where the subject now
remains for consideration. In the meantime,
We observe that the unfortunate imprison-
ment of the Nadiai in Tuscany, has given adj
ditional impetus to the movement among our