The Quarterly Grain Report

Samuel Morse creates quite a stir with his nationally transmitted, profanity-laced political tirade aimed at the administration of President Martin Van Buren. Directing the electric telegram from Charlestown, Massachusetts to a colleague in Toledo, Ohio, Morse candidly communicates the message • ― ― • ― • ― ― ― • •. Or in English, "Dash that President Van Buren! The old fool is as mad as a March hare! He will surely be honey-fuggled by the Whigs in the upcoming ballot-cast if he does not plank some silver off his reel!"