Phillip Ratcliffe apparently forgot the zeal with which the Puritan leaders handled opposers. For his speeches against the government and against the church of Salem, they had him whipped and fined.
यामुळे लोकांमध्ये नाराजी उत्पन्‍न झाली आणि काही स्थानीय लोकांनी तर प्युरिटन लोकांवर हल्लेही करायला कमी केले नाही.