this is john newman edwards, who comes back from exile in mexico with a plan to bring the confederates back into politics and to take over the democratic party. because if they can sort of convince missourians they were really a southern state, he's starting to create the myth of the unionists coming in from kansas and terrorizing missouri and turning it into -- the missourians are mainly those who stood up for rights, even though he's strongly a confederate. so he wants to basically have a confederate victory in peacetime and sees jesse james as an ally. in fact, jesse james begins to write letters to his newspaper, "the kansas city times" where he says, i'm innocent, the damn radicals are targeting me because i stood up for southern rights and i'm a confederate. i'll be dammed if they take me alive. i'm innocent but will fight to the end. that's the mixed message he sends. so if he comes in the symbol of the martyrdom many confederates feel like they are suffering from after the civil war. he and his younger brothers and other former confederates, they carry out robberies. and they a

this is john newman edwards. and he comes back from exile in mexico with a plan to bring the confederates back into politics and to take over the democratic party because if they can sort of convince missourians if they were a southern state, he's starting to create that myth of the unionist coming back from kansas in terrorizing missouri and turning it into -- missouriance are manly men who stood up for their rights even though he's strongly, ideologically a confederate. he wants a confederate victory in peacetime and he sees jesse james as an ally. in fact, jesse james begins to write letters to his newspaper, and the kansas city times in which he says i'm innocent and it's the damn radicals who are targeting me because i stood up for southern rights because i'm a confederate and i'll be damned if they keep me alive, i'm innocent, but they'll fight to the end and that's the mixed message he sends. so he becomes a symbol of the martyrdom that the confederates feel they're suffering after the civil war. they ally