 President Arnold promised Massachusetts Governor Simon Bradstreet that at the next session of the General Assembly the Quakers ' " extravagent outgoinges " would be considered , and he hoped some action would be taken to prevent the " bad effects of their doctrines and endeavors . " At the March 1658 session of the Assembly , the Rhode Island doctrine of " freedom of different consciences " was reaffirmed , and a letter was sent to the Commissioners stating that if troubles arose from harboring Quakers , the matter would be presented to the supreme authority of England . Following this , no further complaints came from the other colonies . 
