The Cab Strike has taken place, and failed,—as was to
be supposed from a proceeding which beat any Irish bull that was ever made for perverse inconsequentiality. The Cabdrivers, wanting to punish the Railways for not admitting them to free and untaxed competition for railway passengers, struck a blow at those who were not travelling by railway, leaving the railway passengers alone almost altogether as well supplied as before. Really the cabmen should learn that the public at large makes a very bad whipping-boy for the sins of others. Instead of turning against the offenders who had brought this punishment upon them, of course they turned against the cabman who were so unjustly revenging themselves on unoffending multitudes. There never was a strike which excited so general a hostile feeling amongst the people. The truth is, that a body of monopolists like the Cabowners have no right to strike, like un- privileged competitors. They have accepted a special contract with the public, and should have had their licences withdrawn for not fulfilling it.
