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title: "2 Insurrection Quotes By Thomas L. Smith"
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> [I respectfully suggest the propriety of having stationed at the arsenal a full company of U. S. troops, that they may be made available in any emergency, from fire, insurrection, or any thing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-smith/i-respectfully-suggest-the-propriety-of-having-stationed-at-the/)

Thomas L. Smith

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> [In the event of fire in any of the public buildings troops would be of vast service in the protection of public property, and should insurrection break out the protection of life and property would be more safe guarded by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-smith/in-the-event-of-fire-in-any-of-the-public-buildings-troops-would-be/)

Thomas L. Smith

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## More by Thomas L. Smith

> [I respectfully suggest the propriety of having stationed at the arsenal a full company of U. S. troops, that they may be made available…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-smith/i-respectfully-suggest-the-propriety-of-having-stationed-at-the/)

Thomas L. Smith

> [In the event of fire in any of the public buildings troops would be of vast service in the protection of public property, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-smith/in-the-event-of-fire-in-any-of-the-public-buildings-troops-would-be/)

Thomas L. Smith

> [It is notoriously true that the public mind is seriously agitated with apprehensions of negroes insurrections and that it is becoming more and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-smith/it-is-notoriously-true-that-the-public-mind-is-seriously-agitated/)

Thomas L. Smith

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