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Landon Carter Haynes (December 2, 1816 – February 17, 1875) was an American attorney, politician, and newspaper editor, who represented Tennessee in the Confederate States Senate during the Civil War. He also served several terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives, including one term as Speaker (1849–1851). In the early 1840s, Haynes worked as editor of the Jonesborough-based newspaper, ''Tennessee Sentinel'', garnering regional fame for his frequent clashes with rival editor, William "Parson" Brownlow.〔 Following the Civil War, Haynes moved to Memphis, where he practiced law. His farm near Johnson City, the Tipton-Haynes Place, is now a state historic site. ==Early life== Haynes was born near Elizabethton, Tennessee, the eldest child of David Haynes, a land speculator, and Rhoda (Taylor) Haynes. He attended the Anderson School in Carter County, and graduated from Washington College near Jonesborough in 1838. Returning to Elizabethton, he read law with T.A.R. Nelson. When Nelson moved to Jonesborough in 1840, Haynes followed him to continue his study of law. He was admitted to the bar in late 1840.〔 While still in Elizabethton, Haynes began to quarrel with William G. "Parson" Brownlow, a former circuit rider who had left the ministry in 1839 to publish and edit the ''Whig'', a radically pro-Whig newspaper (ironically, he had been encouraged to establish this paper by Haynes's mentor, Nelson). In March 1840, Brownlow accused Haynes of an assassination attempt after an unknown assailant fired two shots at him; Haynes suggested Brownlow fabricated the entire incident. A few weeks later, Brownlow attacked Haynes with a cane, igniting a brawl that ended with Haynes drawing a pistol and shooting Brownlow in the thigh.〔E. Merton Coulter, ''William G. Brownlow: Fighting Parson of the Southern Highlands'' (Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1999), pp. 37-48.〕 In 1841, Haynes was hired as editor of the ''Tennessee Sentinel'', a pro-Democratic Party newspaper that had been published by his brother-in-law, Lawson Gifford, since 1835.〔Paul Fink, ''Jonesborough: The First Century of Tennessee's First Town'' (Johnson City, Tenn.: Overmountain Press, 2002), p. 143.〕 Over the next five years, Haynes and Brownlow engaged in a ruthless editorial war. Brownlow described Haynes as a "public debauchee and hypocrite,"〔 and accused him of stealing corn and selling diseased hogs.〔''Jonesborough Whig and Indepdendent Journal'', 20 August 1845.〕 Haynes mocked Brownlow's lineage,〔 dubbed him a "wretched abortion of sin,"〔''Jonesborough Whig and Independent Journal'', 20 November 1844.〕 and charged that he had once been flogged for stealing jewelry in Nashville.〔 In 1842, Haynes converted to Methodism, and was licensed to preach as a Methodist minister. In December of that year, he began to quarrel with long-time minister C.W.C. Harris, who questioned his behavior during his feud with Brownlow. At a church conference in January 1843, Haynes charged Harris with falsehood, but Harris was acquitted. Harris then charged Haynes with falsehood at a conference in February, and Haynes was found guilty and barred from the ministry. Crowing about the incident in the ''Whig'', Brownlow stated that Haynes had been hanged "on the gallows he prepared for another."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Landon Carter Haynes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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