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And so, unexpectedly called upon to-night to say this word, I con- 

 gratulate you of Latin America with the fullness of my heart that yon 

 have made the most profound impression upon this Capital and upon this 

 Nation that has ever been made by any gathering of Latin Americans 

 in the history of the Nation. 



I thank you. 



Toasts were proposed during the course of the banquet to the Presi- 

 dents of the twenty-one Republics, to the Secretary of State of the 

 United States, and the ladies of Pan America. There was further pro- 

 posed the great Pan American toast, given by the presiding officer on 

 this occasion in the following words : 



My friends, friendship is not a matter of mind but a matter of the 

 heart. We have, I believe, all of us an affectionate esteem to-night 

 for one another, and I therefore would offer you as a toast a new day of 

 Pan America : May the days that are to come be as cloudless as they seem 

 to-night and may they endure through the ages. 



The presiding host then pronounced these final words : 

 Now, gentlemen, it remains for me on behalf of the Government and 

 people of this country to bid you, our guests, farewell and Godspeed. 



For the purpose of preservation it is fitting at this point to include 

 the following concurrent resolution introduced in the Senate of the 

 United States, Thursday, January 6, by Senator John Sharp Williams 

 of Mississippi and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations: 



Resolved, That the Congress of the United States would view with 

 pleasure negotiations on the part of the President with Central and 

 South American countries to agree upon a day to be celebrated 

 throughout the three Americas as Pan American Day, for the 

 purpose of memorializing past international harmony and as a 

 practical expression of the hope for its continuance and perpetuity. 



It is also appropriate to include for the same reason the following sub- 

 mitted by the Minister of Venezuela : 



VIEWS ON THE CONGRESS OF PANAMA. 

 [From an tinpublished manuscript in the archives of the liberatxjr, Caracas.] 



The congress of Panama will bring together all the representatives of 

 America and a diplomatic agent of His Britannic Majesty. This con- 

 gress seems to be destined to create a further-reaching, more extraor- 



