Richard Lee Cronin

Seven Honorable Floridians Richard Lee Cronin

"The timid are silent," wrote a January, 1861 observer at Tallahassee. "The town is full of bewildered and excited people. The Convention is formed of the most ultra-element who have NOT come to investigate, reason, or determine, but with a fixed purpose to vote Florida out of the Union." Another told of Secession opponents fearful of "incurring suspicion," but such comment was not completely accurate. SEVEN HONORABLE FLORIDIANS is the true story of courageous delegates who stood before a boisterous crowd of citizens demanding Secession, and still found the courageous and strength within themselves to commit to that for which they believed, and vote NO!