On the Road to the Second Independence, in the Company of the Haitian Soldier and Citizen

The preface, signed by Marceau Désinor, director of the Imprimerie de l'État, and dated August 21, 1934, says the speeches were gathered to document a policy of national liberation, economic progress and social renewal. It presents the departure of foreign forces as the chief thought of the head of state and the national army as one of the two pillars of recovered independence, the other being the citizens' awareness of their responsibilities.

The first speeches mark the Haitianization of the military departments, beginning with the Centre department at Hinche on December 4, 1931 and the Ouest department at Gonaïves on January 30, 1932. In them the President says that order, which must be maintained at any price, depends on the organization of the public force, and he thanks President Hoover for his understanding of the American responsibilities to be liquidated. Later speeches address citizens on the tasks of national reconstruction.