While America was humbly supplicating for peace, and that her complaints might be heard, France spurned her contemptuously and refused to enter on a discussion of differences, unless that discussion was preceded by a substantial surrender of the essential attributes of independence.
Marshall describes America's struggle for recognition and respect from France during a time of conflict, emphasizing the importance of independence.
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