Note XXV-1 — Chapter XXV · DIVERS PHASES OF SELF-GOVERNMENT. 1819-1863.
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It was supposed that France, now under an absolute king, by the prompting of the alliance, had conceived a vast plan for the conquest of the Spanish American countries, which till within a few years had been under the catholic king's domination. Many eminent men in Europe and the U. S. approved the idea of the American congress, and bestowed high encomiums on its author. Abbé de Pradt championed it in his work, Congrés de Panamá, saying: 'The congress of Panamá will be one of the greatest events of our times, and its effects will be felt to the remotest posterity.' Pradt, Cong. de Pan. (Sp. Transl.), 171.