It soon became apparent that Hely and Plunkett were not the only people opposed to Larnach and Mudie's actions: soon after Plunkett and Hely's protest had been printed, William Watt, a ticket-of-leave convict who was under the employment of the "Sydney Gazette", published "Party Politics Exposed", a pamphlet attacking Mudie for his treatment of convicts and forcing labour. Mudie responded by attacking and criticising several people: he charged Watt with serious misdemeanours, attacked Roger Therry for defending the mutineers at their trial and criticised Bourke for showing acts of leniency and what Mudie perceived to be favouritism towards convicts.