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No, conservatives don't want the federal government managing social issues either.
Conservatives want the federal government to secure and defend our rights and then leave us alone to form whatever society we wish to form. So if the people of Podunk Junction don't want abortion clinics or strip clubs or drive up liquor windows or gambling casinos, they aren't required to have them. They can form whatever social contract they want and have the kind of society they want just so long as they don't trample on anybody's unalienable rights.
But if Center City down the road wants abortion clinics, strip clubs, drive up liquor windows, gambling casinos, or anything else they want, they can also form whatever social contract they want and have the kind of society they want just so they don't trample on anybody's unalienable rights.
That is how the Founders saw it. The Federal government would secure and defend everybody's rights with whatever laws and regulation was necessary to do that, but would otherwise stay out of it. Short of violating those rights or interfering with each other, the states, counties, and cities could form whatever kind of government and society they wanted to have.
Again, these are Libertarian ideals you're describing, not conservative ideals.
And you're right, SOME of the founders were in fact libertarians. Some others were not.
Think about who has controlled the modern conservative movement since it strayed from Goldwater-era Libertarianism.
Groups like the "Moral Majority" and the "Christian Coalition".