Whereas the laws of the united states have been for some time past and now are opposed and the execution thereof obstructed in the states of south carolina, georgia, alabama, florida, mississippi, louisiana, and texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law: now, therefore, i, abraham lincoln, president of the united states in virtue of the power in me vested by the constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several states of the union, to the aggregate number of 75,000, in order to suppress said combinations and to cause the laws to be duly executed. --abraham lincoln, 1861

what was the most likely effect that this statement had in the northern states in the early months of the civil war?
a) it caused widespread rioting and violence in the northern states.
b)it resulted in thousands of southern slaves escaping to freedom in the north.
c)it resulted in thousands of men being drafted or volunteering for military service.
d)it resulted in thousands of northern families migrating west to escape the conflict.

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